World of Words: Poem of the week on a festive theme
I heard a noise in the garden
so I peered out through the frost
And sitting atop of the old, old pine
Was a fat fella looking lost.
“What do think your game is?”
being a little annoyed, I said
“It’s half-past-three, it’s Christmas Eve,
“and you got me out of bed”
But I helped him from his predicament
’cos I was full of Christmas cheer
He said “Phew, thanks, I’m all right now
“but I’ve lost Rudolf, my deer”
Well, we looked up into the darkness
and high among the shadowed limbs,
we saw a bright red shiny glow
He said, “There, look, that’s him.”
So I asked the obvious question
Silly of me, I suppose
“What is that bright red shiny thing?”
He answered: “That’s his nose”
We finally got things settled
Had a mince pie and a dram
When he decided to introduce himself
“I’m Santa Claus, I am.”
Of course I didn’t believe him
and suggested he went on his way
“No, I’m not going anywhere”, he said
“Until I find my sleigh”
So we searched around the garden
I was longing to get back to bed
when suddenly we spotted it
crashed behind the shed
So we fixed the bits and pieces
It looked as good as new
He harnessed up his Rudolf
waved, and off they flew
When I woke up in the morning
thinking what a dream I’d had
I strolled around the garden
and took a look behind the shed
There, just next to the ladders
was a large long narrow box
It was wrapped in fancy paper
with my name written on the top
I looked around suspiciously
then at the paper I tore
You see I was most excited
I’d never had a gift before
When I opened up the package
I got a lovely, lovely surprise
A steel, long-handled pruning saw
Right before my eyes
Now I can do what I’ve longed to do
For a long, long, long, long time
I can get up on my ladders
And prune that old, old pine.