Monday, January 3, 2011

The Snowman

There once was a kid named Nick. One time, he and his best friend built a snowman. It was a classic snowman with a top hat, a carrot nose, and sticks for arms. The only thing it lacked was a name. The boys tried to think of one, but Nick's mother called them inside for cocoa before they could and it remained nameless.

Soon snow began to fall on the nameless snowman. It was a special snow with strange blue snowflakes and a shimmer of magic. It fell all night.

In the morning, Nick looked out the window to see the snowman again and discovered it was gone. Thinking he must be confused, he looked out another window. And there was his snowman! But it was... Moving!

Nick got dressed for snow as quickly as he could and rushed into the yard where the snowman was hard at work building a snowhouse.

The snowman looked up and said, “Hello.”

Nick jumped in surprise, going higher than the treetops and landing in the middle of the snowhouse construction. All the snowman's hard work was ruined!

“Oh, dear,” said the snowman. And he started over.

Nick pitched in to help and the house was soon ready. The house only had one story, but it had twenty-five rooms, including a hockey rink and a bowling alley.

Weeks passed with no one else noticing the moving snowman, but then one day someone did.

Mrs. Bratterman jumped at the snowman's voice too, but when she landed she was not in as good a mood as Nick had been. She screamed, “Monster!” and ran through town telling everyone about the horrible ice creature she had seen.

Soon the whole town was at Nick's house. Some people wanted to light a fire and melt the snowman. Other people held signs talking about the rights of snow persons. They argued until it was nearly spring.

As it got warmer, the arguments slowed down. The snowman would melt soon anyway, wouldn't he? Soon the only people protesting the snowman were Mrs. Bratterman and her sister.

But then it got it cold again, a sudden freezing wind turning the town to ice.

Mrs. Bratterman and her sister were caught in the wind and turned into icicles.

Some of the townspeople cheered when they heard about this, but the snowman didn't. Instead, he went to them and wrapped his arms around them. The hug took the coldness from them and moved it into him, making him colder and thawing them out.

Mrs. Bratterman and her sister were immediately sorry for all the bad things they'd said about the snowman and bought him a tub of ice cream the size of a swimming pool to make up for it.

The cold didn't last and soon the snowman was in danger of melting.

The townsfolk gathered to find a way to keep him alive. It was Mrs Bratterman who had the idea to turn the old abandoned train house into a massive freezer. Not only was the snowman able to live there year-round, but the citizens of the town were able to visit and enjoy snowball fights even in the middle of summer!

THE END





7 comments:

  1. What an awesome and entertaining story! Great job, Eric!!! :-)

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  2. That is seven shades of awesome. I especially love the bowling alley in the house.

    And are you curling in your photo? Too cool!!

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  3. A lovely tale! A fun moral lesson without being preachy. A fantastic job, Eric!

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  4. Nicely done, Eric! The nameless snowman is absolutely endearing. I would love to have him for a friend too. Keep writing; I would be coming back to your blog to read your future stories.
    Adi

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  5. Love the story Eric. I will have to read it to your cousins Kathryn and Grace. Good Job!

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  6. WOW! Nice Job Eric! It warms my heart to know that even when someone was mean to the snowman he still helped them through kindess! Awesome! The Glattackers

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  7. A compassionate snowman - I love him. :)

    I really enjoyed your story, Eric. It was thoughtful and funny, both very good things! We finally had a little snow in Oklahoma today. It wasn't enough for any snow creatures, but it did help it to feel a little like winter.

    love, Tasha

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