ONE night Father Christmas had come home at last from delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he was very tired.

Father Christmas put the reindeer to bed. One reindeer said that he was seeing things, but Father Christmas got his pyjamas on and got into bed, but as he got into bed he saw a present left in his sack. Father Christmas was shocked; it was Fread Fishhouse, the boy who lived at the end of the cliff in Ricky Town, which was far, far away. But the reindeer were asleep, so Father Christmas put on his jacket over his pyjamas and walked.

He had not gone far when he met a lady with a bus, "Excuse m" Father Christmas said, "my name is Father Christmas. I still have one present left in my sack, which is for Fread Fishhouse, the little boy who lives at the edge of the cliff in Ricky Town."

"Then climb in my bus" said the lady "and I will take you as far as I can"

The bus drove off and drove into the night. And something happened. It was too cold and the bus ran out of gas.

"I am sorry Santa, I can't drive my bus in the snow, but if you go down to the nursery there's a man selling skis."

So Father Christmas went down to the nursery and saw the man "Excuse me" Said Father Christmas "My name is Father Christmas. I still have one present left in my sack, which is for Fread Fishhouse, the little boy who lives at the edge of the cliff in Ricky Town.

"Then climb on my skis and I will take you as far as I can" said the man

Father Christmas skied too fast and the front broke off of the ski.

"Sorry Father Christmas" said the man "I can not ski in the snow if the skis are broken, but if you go over that hill you will find a man with some bikes."

So Father Christmas went over the hill and he saw the man selling bikes. "Excuse me, my name is Father Christmas. I still have one present in my sack, which is for Fread Fishhouse, the little boy who lives at the edge of the cliff in Ricky Town"

"Then climb on my bike" said the man "and I will take you as far as I can"

Father Christmas pedalled so fast that he broke the pedals. "I am sorry Father Christmas" said the man "I can't go any further with broken pedals, but if you go past that tree there's a man riding a donkey"

So Father Christmas set off over the snow and he found the man riding the donkey. "Excuse me" said Father Christmas "my name is Father Christmas. I still have one present left in my sack, which is for Fread Fishhouse, the little boy who lives at the edge of the cliff in Ricky Town"

"Then climb on my donkey" said the man "and I will take you as far as I can" They had not gone far when the donkey went downhill too fast and bumped into a tree. "I am sorry Father Christmas" said the man "I can not take you any further. But if you go over that cliff you will meet at the bottom of the cliff "

So Father Christmas climbed up the cliff and down the chimney of Fread Fishhouse's house and put the present in Fread's stocking.

Then Father Christmas travelled by bus, lorry, tractor and sledge until he was home.