ALL THE LATEST NEWS, VIEWS AND STORIES FROM AROUND YOUR LOCAL AREA:DECEMBER/JANUARY Katy, Daniel and the Christmas Puppy A SHORT STORY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY CHRIS BOWER©2017


It is Christmas Eve. Daniel and Katy are very excited. They love Christmas time. It is getting dark and there is snow on the ground. They look out of the window and the moon is making the snow glitter. It looks magical. Katy sees a small animal in the garden. Could it be a rabbit? No! It is not a rabbit. She looks again and points it out to Daniel.


“It is a puppy,” says Daniel.


They rush outside to bring the puppy into the warm house. Mummy wraps the shivering puppy in a blanket and gives it some warm milk. Then she puts it in the basket of their dog, Vic, to sleep. Vic goes over to the basket and very carefully, gets in and cuddles up to the puppy to keep it warm.


“Well done Vic!” says Daddy. “Where could the puppy have come from? I do not know of anyone who has a new puppy. It is too late now but we must try to find its home in the morning.”


They are all puzzled but it is bedtime and the next morning is Christmas Day.


In the morning, Daniel and Katy wake up early and look out of the window. The snow is still there! Then they see their friend Matthew, from across the road, with his Mummy and Daddy searching for something.


“What are you doing?” calls out Daniel. “We have lost our new puppy,” Matthew calls back. “We have found it!” shouts Daniel.


THE NSPCC


COFFEE MORNING AT THE


TROUT HOTEL


A sample of our


Christmas Artwork


The children, staff,


The Cockermouth and Workington branch of the NSPCC held a fundraising Coffee Morning at the Trout Hotel, with £600 raised.


This year, is the 30th anniversary of the NSPCC centre in Carlisle and fundraiser, Sandra Jones, is planning to walk the tourist route of China’s Great Wall in October 2018, with a supporting team, including Jennifer of our group, to raise funds and the profile of the charity.


If readers would like to know more, or to contribute, please contact Sandra at sandra.jones2@nspcc.org.uk


The photo shows the team with Sandra in the centre WWW.THECOCKERMOUTHPOST.CO.UK


parents and governors of St. Joseph’s Primary School wish all


The Cockermouth Post readers a Very


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year


For further information please call 01900 829859 or visit our website


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They tell their Mummy and Daddy, then rush downstairs and take Matthew and his Mummy and Daddy into their kitchen. There is Vic in his basket carefully looking after the puppy.


“She is Matthew’s Christmas present,” says Matthew’s Daddy “She was in her basket last night. She must have got out when I took the rubbish out.”


They are VERY pleased to have found their puppy. Mummy then makes hot chocolate for everyone, which they enjoy with a mince pie.


Matthew says, “I will call my puppy Eira because it means snow in Welsh. I am so glad Vic likes Eira. They will be able to play together when we play together.”


Matthew and his Mummy and Daddy then say “Happy Christmas” and go home with Eira.


“What a lovely start to Christmas Day,” says excited Katy, “with lots of lovely things still to come.”


Have fun and a very Happy Christmas! SOMETHING TO DO... AND NOW FOR Pass the Ring


This is a very easy and fun game for Christmas Day.


For this you will need a length of string and a ring. The more people who play this game the more fun it is.


All sit round in a circle and everyone hold onto a section of the string with both hands so that the string makes a circle. Thread the ring onto the string and tie the two ends of the string together. One person must stand in the middle of the circle and guess where the ring is, and tap the hand holding the ring. The fun part is moving the ring from one person to the next without the person in the middle seeing. Once the ring has been found the person holding the ring goes into the middle and the person in the middle takes their place.


© SUSAN FLEMMING


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