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Christmas Disaster

We were upstairs in my room looking at rocks when we heard a crash from downstairs. We ran down the stairs to see what it was. We didn't see Jamie, Lindsey, or Olivia so we headed outside in the blizzard to find them.

Allie saw some weird footprints from a person, a dog and a very unusual one she wasn't sure what it was from. She took a picture. We walked a little further and heard some whining. We walked more and it started to snow more and we entered the park. "Ouch," yelled Emma. She picked up something black, and it hit her arm. Then Danny picked up a piece of blank paper.

I said, "Wait!" and pulled out my pen.

The note said "If you want the kids back, meet me at the pine tree." There they were tied to the tree with Mary Xmas, a person who hated Christmas. Allie and I untied Jamie, Lindsey, and Olivia.

"Why would you do this?" I asked.

"I hate holidays," she replied.

We sent her home and we had hot cocoa to get warm.