Sidney the Snowman

One of my poems for children...

Santa had a snowman

Sidney was his name

And for eleven month

He let him play with games                   

But when December came around

He had to help the Elves

And fill the sacks with presents

From Santa’s groaning shelves

But Sidney was a naughty boy

He got up through the night

And hid his favourite games

Before the dawn’s bright light

So came the dawn of Christmas Eve

The time to put away

The bulging sacks of presents

Onto Santa’s sleigh

When all at once a might ROAR

Echoed around the cave

And all the Elves came running

To see why such noise was made

“I'm fifteen presents short”

Santa groaned and sighed

“Unless we find them quickly

I cannot make my ride!!”

The Elves set out at once

And scoured the hills and dales

To find these fifteen presents

Before night drew its veil

“Oh what a disappointment”

Santa wearily exclaimed

“For those fifteen children

If they don’t get their games”

Sidney … who’d been very quiet

Crept into the room

And put the fifteen parcels

Down in the deepening gloom

“I’m very sorry Santa …

I forgot the girls and boys

Who wait all year for Christmas

To receive their lovely toys”

“I’ve learnt not to be selfish”

Said Sidney … quite contrite

And Santa beamed … forgave him

Because he’d learnt what’s right!

 

Reviews

[Sr.phil]

by far the cutest poem i have read from your work, ha! oh man. A great lesson as well, the tale of sidney, great character, great story. good stuff, good things, good job! till this day ive read alot of your work and reviewed alot of it, and only a short period of time, i usually get tired to reading the same old poems from the same old writers, but for some odd reason i still come back to you page for more, i think its because we have almost the same style of writing and when i read your work it flows really, easy. overall! it was really good, cute and cheerful! sidney learned his lesson, good job phil. keep them coming and i shall keep on reading them...phil

[Nicholas Hallows]

I wish I had read this before Christmas so I could have read it to the children at school. Now I will have to wait until the next one. NH

[Sally Edwards]

AAAAAAwwww what a wonderful cute story, you have surprised me but in a lovely way, I must still be a child at heart I enjoyed reading this for myself LOL. I like that you have gently eased a little lesson on life there too. It was a easy smooth read nice and light , just right for the child in me......

[Brenda Sue]

Very cute story. I enjoyed it very much. Wonderfully penned.

[jen -- JG]

A great little poem full of action and light - it shows us Elves can be just like humans, and it tells a little moral in a gentle way - don't be selfish and how to forgive when what's right is done.

Well Done

jen-JG