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Oh, what a lovely card!

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That makes me even more excited about Christmas, if that's possible!

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Hello. I'm Frances and I'm opening some Christmas cards.

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Let's see who this one's from.

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Oh, it's from my auntie, my uncle and their pet rabbits,

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Dandelion and Heather.

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That reminds me of a story I can tell you.

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It's all about a family of rabbits who moved home

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just before Christmas. Let me tell you about them.

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The story's by Julia Rawlinson and Tiffany Beeke,

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and it's called Ferdie's Christmas.

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It was an ice bright Christmas Eve, and the sky was a dazzling blue.

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Every tree in the wood was frost-sprinkled and sparkling,

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and frozen puddles creaked and crackled under Ferdie's paws.

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He padded down the burrow bank where the rabbits used to live,

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and bounced over the fallen tree that blocked their old front door.

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And stopped. And looked. And had a terrible thought,

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"How was Father Christmas going to find the rabbits' new home?"

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Ferdie shivered as a chill wind sliced through the wood,

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rattling the bare branches.

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He thought about how sad he would feel if he had to leave his den.

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He thought about

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how the rabbits would feel if Father Christmas did not come.

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And then he thought about...arrows!

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Ferdie began to scrunch around, collecting sticks from

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the frosty ground, making a trail of arrows leading to the new burrow.

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"What are you doing?" asked Squirrel,

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looking down from the branches.

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"Making a trail to the rabbits' new burrow for Father Christmas,"

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said Ferdie.

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"Otherwise they might not get their presents," gulped Squirrel.

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And he scampered down to help Ferdie collect more sticks.

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Soon, a flock of birds had gathered in the tree tops,

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their feathers fluffed, to see what was going on.

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"We're making a trail to the rabbits' new burrow," said Ferdie.

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"For Father Christmas," added Squirrel.

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"We'll help you!" chirped the birds.

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The trail passed between bare trees and crossed the tinkling,

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ice-rimmed stream, as the sun began to set, turning a dazzling gold.

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Ferdie and Squirrel shivered with cold, and hurried up the little hill

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to where the mice were draping their nest with holly and ivy leaves.

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"What are you doing?" asked the mice.

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"We're making a trail," said Ferdie.

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"To the rabbits' new burrow," added Squirrel.

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"For Father Christmas," added the birds.

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"You'd better hurry," said the mice. "It's getting late. We'll help you."

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So Ferdie, Squirrel, the birds and the mice finished the trail

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to the rabbits' new home,

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which was sweet with the smell of blackberry pie. Cosy and warm.

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They gathered round the crackling fire,

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thawing out their icy noses, nibbling pieces of pie

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and singing Christmas songs.

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And while Squirrel put on a juggling show with holly, berries

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and mistletoe, outside in the shivery darkness, it began to snow.

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Fat, white flakes tumbled softly from a heavy sky.

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They landed, light and whisper-quiet, on the frozen ground.

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And when Ferdie went to the burrow door to go home for the night,

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the snow was soft and deep and white,

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and all the arrows had gone!

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"Oh, no!" cried Ferdie, blinking back tears.

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"What will happen to your presents now?

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"Father Christmas will never be able to find your home!"

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Ferdie stared out into the darkness,

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imagining Father Christmas lost in the snow.

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"I know!" he said, gathering his friends.

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"If we stay awake tonight when Father Christmas visits our homes,

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"we can tell him where he needs to go!"

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The animals said goodnight to each other,

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and hurried off through the snow-muffled wood.

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Ferdie snuggled down in his warm, soft bed

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to keep watch for Father Christmas.

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But curled in the cosy hollow of an oak tree, Squirrel began to snore!

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High in the snowy branches of a fir tree, the birds began to doze.

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In their toasty warm nest, the mice dreamt of ribbon-wrapped berries.

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And in his snug little bed, Ferdie's...eyes...closed.

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So when Father Christmas came to call, everyone was fast asleep!

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And next morning, when Ferdie rushed to the rabbits' burrow...

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Father Christmas had found them after all!

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"I'm sorry, I went to sleep!" puffed Ferdie.

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"But I've brought you a Christmas rose."

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"And we've brought nuts!" panted Squirrel,

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pulling the mice through the snow.

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"And we've brought berries," sang the birds,

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spiralling in the snow-bright sky.

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"And best of all, you've brought yourselves.

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"There's room in the burrow for everyone!"

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"Happy Christmas!" cried the rabbits,

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and they welcomed their friends

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into the berry-bright warmth of their home.

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That story was called Ferdie's Christmas.

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Ooh, I feel all warm and cosy after that story, do you?

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And I'm really glad Father Christmas found the rabbits' new home.

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But it's time for you to go to bed, and for me to say goodnight.

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Have sweet dreams, and I'll see you soon for another story. Night-night.

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