Sam's Christmas Present

Annie Besant

Sam
was a very curious boy.
And
what he was curious about
was his Christmas present!

“Mummy, where is my
Christmas present?” asked Sam.
She smiled and said, “It is
hidden in a secret place, Sam.”
Sam stuck his tongue out and
went in search of his father.

“Daddy, where is my
Christmas present?” asked Sam.
“It is hidden in a secret
place, Sam,” his father replied smiling.

“I know what to do!” Sam
said.
“I will go gift hunting!”

He looked behind his father’s
desk. And he found... a gift box wrapped in red paper.
“But this is for aunt Juju,”
said Sam reading the tag.

So, he slipped into his
parents' room. And he found... a gift box wrapped in gold paper.
“For uncle Alfie,” Sam
read aloud from the tag.

Then he opened his mother’s
cupboard. And he found... a gift box wrapped in purple paper.
‘For our daughter Sophie’
was written on the tag.

Sam went back to his room and
sat on the floor feeling
very sad. He had badly wanted to find his present!
And then he saw a gift box
wrapped in silver paper under his bed!

“This is for me!” he
shouted, reading the tag.

Sam shook the box. He turned
it around in his hands.
What was inside? Oh, what
could it be?
Did he open it or leave it in
the secret place?
Are you curious to know what
curious Sam did with his gift?

He put it back under the bed
and decided to wait for Christmas.