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The Festive Farm
It’s Christmas Eve on Grandpa’s farm, and Natalie is working hard to bring the hard-working animals holiday cheer.
Inside the barn, Natalie stands a small cedar tree in a bucket and begins stringing snow-white popcorn, Santa-red cranberries, and reindeer-brown nuts.
But when she circles back around to the front of the tree, the strings are bare!
Gabby goose, Penny hen, and Bessie bunny munch happily and hop off for a long winter’s nap.
Determined to decorate the tree, Natalie climbs up a stack of square hay bales, pulls the tree up after her, and begins stringing again.
But when she circles back around, she comes face-to-face with Lolli lamb and Margot goat; they bleat their happy thanks for the mid-winter feast!
Natalie spends the rest of Christmas Eve sharing popcorn, berries, and nuts with her farm friends, leaving her heart as warm and full as the cozy barn.
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