The Christmas Santa Lost A Piece of the Jigsaw Puzzle

One Christmas, Santa got a jigsaw as a gift, though it wasn't long before he lost some of it in a snowdrift ! The Christmas when Santa lost a piece of the jigsaw, was the happiest Christmas anyone ever saw ... most of it looking for lost jigsaw pieces, crawling around on the floor ! Although he tried as hard as he could to lift it, a piece fell down the side of the settee and he simply couldn't shift it. To count them, Santa lined up what pieces he had on the windowsill - the last that I heard, he's looking still. One went missing whilst Santa was out wishing. - no - one had to keep guessing where he;d gone - of course, he'd gone fishing ! Santa waved as he saw his mate's kid - he tripped on the garden path then suddenly skid. A Wellington boot hit the Christmas tree and all the gifts beneath hid ... Most of the pieces headed towards the tea. Into the pot, dropped a lot. Over the plate, a jigsaw piece skate - Santa went off looking so long, dinner had to wait and the tea had gone strong, before long. A piece of jigsaw landed on Santa's rug, another in Mrs. Christmas's cream jug. When Santa went to chomp a bite - a piece flew past just like a kite. A photograph of a chicken sandwich wasn't enough to fill his enormous appetite ! and soon, the whole room was covered in jigsaw stuff ! But Mrs. Christmas still had some crackers, which tasted alright. The Christmas when Santa lost a piece of the jigsaw puzzle, Christmas started to immeadiately fizzle ... as another piece landed in the snow and drizzle. Bits and pieces flew through the air, as Santa threw pieces everywhere. There was a picture of a chip underneath the table and a chip off the table underneath the picture. To the rug, another lost jigsaw puzzle made a very nice fixture. Santa sat for at least an hour, still trying to piece together all the petals of the jigsaw's flower. He wanted make the pieces all fit right ... but another piece flew off in flight. No wonder, Santa looked incredibly puzzled - some of the picture was hidden by crumbs from the mince pie that he'd just guzzled. One puzzle piece hit the cat on the head ... Santa found another in the flowerbed (should've been a blue one, but he saw red !). Rudolph the red nose reindeer squashed one piece as around the corner he sped. By now, in Santa's Christmas pudding, thre wasn't a full shilling ... he would have much rather have been baking mince pies - but there wasn't nearly enough filling ! No wonder Christmas got mixed up - it took an hour to find the lost puzzle, to get the jigsaw properly fixed up.

© Jacqueline Richards 2008