 This is Tim. I'm glad you remember to meet me here so that I can tell you more about the wonderful Christmas adventure I had with Jump Jump from Holiday House. Yesterday I told you how I started out to find the North Pole and met Jump Jump, a little elf only three inches tall. He took me to Holiday House, where every day is a holiday, just like Christmas. At Holiday House, I met Archie Poggy, the circus clown, and Merry Holiday, Jump Jump's very best friend. I soon guessed that something was worrying Merry Holiday. For instead of being Merry all the time, she was worried. Before I could ask her if she too were going with Native and North Pole, I and Jump Jump fell asleep. I'll be back in a jump to tell you what happened next morning when I woke up in Holiday House. I woke up in Holiday House to hear Jump Jump. The elf who was only three inches tall with her yellow boots and imitating me as I rubbed my eyes. Then I heard Merry Holiday call. I've seen that little elf trying to help me get dressed. He hopped and jumped from one button to the next, tugged at my sleeve, and acted as if he were dressing me all by himself once he slipped into my pocket. And then when his head popped out again, he was pulling my pocket knife behind him. It's my knife. Yes, for whittling, carving things. I like to carve things out of wood. I carve all kinds of things, toy automobiles and toy train engines. Are you an aeroplane? Yes, an aeroplane. Yes, and scooters. I'll carve you a scooter sometime, Jump Jump. Don't you want your breakfast? Have you a breakfast from wood? Oh no, Jump Jump. I'm sure the breakfast Merry Holiday has prepared for us would be much better. Here, jump on my ear and I'll give you a ride downstairs. And so we went downstairs to say good morning to Merry Holiday. And as we went down the steps, Jump Jump sang that funny little song of his. He never walks, he never runs, he always jumps. It's much more fun. And he's quick as the wind and his very best friend is Merry Holiday. So good morning Tim. My both of you and Jump Jump look happy this morning. I think Jump Jump has adopted you for his very best friend thing. That's fine with me. Oh yes, Jump Jump. I'm sure you can have lots of best friends. Now don't get excited. We're having pancakes this morning and I don't want you falling into the maple syrup. Yesterday Tim, Jump Jump jumped right into the honey. Oh I'm covered with honey. How sticky Jump Jump. Yes, covered with honey you were very sweet. But I had to soak him in a teacup of warm sets for an hour before he was clean again. Well I'd hate to fall in the barrel of honey. Let that be a lesson to your Jump Jump. Always look before you jump. Oh oh maybe that's Santa Claus telephoning at last. Yes Santa Claus. Hello. Oh it's you sleepy Slim. Sleepy Slim, the lion. You want to come over this morning? Oh fine, Sleepy Slim. We'll be pleased to have you since it's your day off from the zoo. But hurry. Remember last time it took you two weeks to come just around the corner to have a day out because you stopped every two steps to take a nap. All right Sleepy Slim, we'll be looking for you. Goodbye. While Mary was talking on the phone I'd whittled a toy scooter out of wood for Jump Jump and I put it by his penny plate. Jump Jump was delighted and when he touched it it went ping. Just like that and right before my eyes it was a little scooter with red wheels and even a brake. Jump Jump was no more excited than I. Even I began to talk fast. Look Mary Holiday, look Jump Jump scooter it's real. Oh my so it is. Oh but don't you start talking too fast to Tim. I'll never know a single word that goes on in my house. Here Jump Jump let me put you and your toy scooter on the kitchen tray and you'll have a regular scooter track. I want to chase the cat. Chase the cat on your scooter? That's cool. Oh the kitty chases you only when you tease her. Of course she chases you when you look and squeak like a mouse. What was that? It sounded like a jet plane. Oh it's the wishing star. It's the wishing star. See Tim here from the window. Archie Poggy the clown is driving the wishing star and he's brought Sleepy Slim the lion with him. Wave to Archie Poggy. He doesn't seem to be getting out. Hello Archie Poggy. Hello Sleepy Slim. The wishing star is like a silver airplane with five wings instead of two and it has a long tail. There goes Archie Poggy taking off. Gracious Jump Jump how you've grown. Oh Sleepy Slim this is. This is amazing that's what it is. I saw you jump jump only last Wednesday wasn't it or was it Tuesday or Monday? I sleep so much that it's hard for me to know which day it is. But Sleepy Slim. Maybe I guess it may as Thursday. We had pork chops on Thursday. Sleepy Slim. Anyway when I saw you last jump jump you were only three inches tall. Just no feet three. Now you must be four feet tall. Four feet one maybe. How elves shoot up these days. They must feed you well. I'd rather be an elf myself. This isn't Jump Jump the elf. This is Tim a boy. Why didn't you tell me? Well I tried to. This is Tim. Please to make your acquaintance Tim. I'd rather be Slim than Tim. Well I wasn't sure whether to shake hands with a lion or not. It was the first time I'd met a lion close up. He didn't look dangerous. He had big sleepy eyes in a ruffled mane. He still had on his striped night shirt with his red planet underwear showing through. So I nodded my head to him and I said how do you do Mr. Lion? Mr. My name's not Mr. It's Sleepy because I have to sleep so much. I'm very wise you realize it's really quite a strain. I have to sleep so I can keep from wiring out my brain. I see. How do you do Sleepy? My name is not Sleepy. My name is Sleepy Slim. But you said. Can't you see that I'm Slim? I never get to eat. I never get to eat. I never get to eat. I'm very fond of eating. There's food on my shelf. But if food I take I stay awake and then I think and I can't sleep a week so you can see it's hard to be the king of beasts who never beasts. I'd rather be a elf myself. By the way where is that elf? Jump jump. Oh jump jump is riding his scooter which Tim carved for him. He's riding around the kitchen tray on the kitchen table. Oh my what was that? It must be jump jump in his scooter. Maybe he's scooted off the table. Oh here you are jump jump on the linoleum floor. His jump jump hurt Mary holiday. Are you hurt jump jump? Oh I'm so glad. Oh yes Tim look at the scooter it's broken. But I'm sure that Tim will make you another one jump jump. One that will fly? One that will fly. Scooters don't fly they scoot. Were you trying to fly your scooter off the table? Wow. Oh jump jump. Oh maybe Tim will carve you an aeroplane instead. Yes I'll carve you an aeroplane jump jump. Or how about a heliococcus? What's going on? What happened while I was asleep just now? And what did jump jump say? He just said goody goody gum drop. Goody goody gum drop? That's a silly saying. Yes of course that's silly. I'd rather have some pop than dump. Who ever heard of goody goody gum pop sleeping Tim? I have that too. I've heard of gum pop. A pop some gum once in my face I did. Here's bubble gum. Who ever heard of gum pop? Why it got in my mane that's what it did. Why I gave up popping bubble gum. I'd rather have a mane than brain. Sleepy Tim. Tim jump jump. I'm sorry but I just can't wait around any longer. We're wasting time. We must hear from Santa Claus because every day is getting nearer Christmas. I'm going to telephone him by way of the Christmas tree hookup. Why doesn't someone answer Santa's telephone? Do you know what I think? Something has happened to Santa Claus and if we don't save him there'll be no Christmas for anyone this year. No no one answered the telephone at Santa's night pole workshop. When Mary hung up she turned to us and said that's devil's it. We'll all go to the north pole with Tim and see what's happened to Santa Claus. We'll leave tomorrow on the wishing star. And we did leave to the north pole the very next day and a very exciting day it was too. If you'll meet me here tomorrow I'll tell you exactly what happened on this trip with jump-jump apology.