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Once
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"I want to be special" said Humfrey,
There's
no doubt about that.
"But there's nothing special about me,"
He thought
as he crawled in Santa's sack.
"I'm not sweet like chocolate chip
cookies.
I'm not tasty like buttery buns.
Just thread and cloth, button
eyes and nose.
Oh dear, I'm just not much fun!"
"Guess I'm not very
special," Said Humfrey
"I have nothing to offer or share?"
"On Donner
and Blitzen!" said Santa, "let's go!"
Humfrey felt the sleigh rise in the
air.
Santa's sleigh set down on a rooftop.
Snow crunched under the
reindeer's feet.
Santa walked to the chimney as in times before
He had a
schedule to keep.
He began his descent down the smoke-stack
He
wiggled his body to fit
As he twisted and turned, he soon realized he was
stuck,
couldn't move, not one bit!
"Oh, help me! I'm stuck!"
shrieked Santa.
From the bag Humfrey heard Santa's cry.
He leapt from
the sack to rescue ol' Nick .
"What can I do, a bear such as I?"
Now
everyone knows about bear hugs
A strong grip that holds just right
So
Humfrey ran over and grabbed Santa's middle.
And wrapped his arms around
tight!
With his eyes closed as he dug in his toes
then he hugged and
he hugged and then...POP!
Ol' Santa popped loose at that moment
and...WHOOSH... down the chimney he dropped!
Yes, Santa was grateful to
Humfrey.
As the rest of this story goes,
that night he placed Humfrey
under the tree
and in parting he spoke this last prose.
"So you want
to be special, dear Humfrey?
A secret magic I'll place in your hug,
and
whomever it pleases to give you big squeezes
will feel your 'heart-tuggable'
love!"
What's the secret behind Humfrey's hugging?
The best part
we've saved 'til the end!
Though gifts are forgotten
His magic's
forever, on Humfrey's love you can depend.
You don't have to be someone
special,
famous, important or a star.
Just be yourself 'cause like
Santa...
Humfrey loves you, just as you are!
BY POPULAR DEMAND, HUMFREY IS BACK