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Whiskery Bill The Squirrel

Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon · December 6, 1938 · 11 min · 1,028 words

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A-A-A-A! Don't turn that dial! This is the right station if you want to hear about Jonathan Thomas and his Christmas on the moon. In the heart of the forest deep with gloom, where the wind harps told the knell of doom, ride Jonathan Thomas and Gorgonzola and the kind old man in the moon.

And they ride in quest of a kindly deed, as a knight of old and his fiery steed. And because of their goodness, they invoke fairy laws, for they ride to the rescue of old Santa Claus.

For that good old man of Christmas Day was wickedly kidnapped and carried away, and if they don't find him, oh my, oh dear, there won't be any Christmas at all this year. So you see, that's the reason that Jonathan Thomas has traveled so far to keep his promise, and brave the terrors and frights because he was sworn to bring back Santa Claus.

And so there they are in the forest so deep, where the wind is wail till their flesh does creep, where the dragons and monsters shriek and roar to gobble them up. And my goodness what's more, where witches and goblins appear on their path and call down their curses and sneer and laugh, but never you mind, they're not afraid, but you

couldn't have paid them enough to have stayed, because they are bound and determined to get what they're after. So Christmas this year will be just full of laughter. Now of course you remember the Fairy Queen, the most beautiful fairy that was ever seen, of how she gave them some charms they could take, a magical acorn to keep them awake, for

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