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JOSIE'S POEMS

Christmas Story-Poems
for Children


By Josie Whitehead 

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Have you met Do Do the Deer yet?

Image by VITALIY ANOKHIN

THE TRUE STORY OF RUDOLPH

By Josie Whitehead â€‹

 

 

 

 

When Rudolph was a little fawn
      He wasn’t always good.
His mother taught him frequently
     The things she knew she should.

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But Rudolph was adventurous
     And often ran away.
Then off he’d shoot into the night
     To ask the stars to play.

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The stars soon got to know him well,
    And liked this little fawn.
They watched him as he ran and played
    And went back home at dawn.

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Rudolf’s mother worried though.
     She knew that when he grew,
Her youngest son had work to learn –
     And a special job to do.

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She told him that he’d pull a sleigh
    With lots of heavy toys.

'You’ll be helping Santa take them round
     To all good girls and boys.'

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His mother told him all these things,
    But she’d nothing much to fear,
For her small son grew up to be
    A leader amongst deer.

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He’d played at night amongst the stars
    And knew the starlit sky.
He’d looked down at the city streets
     And watched the world go by.

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The friendly stars had guided him
     If he ever lost his way,
So he was just the very deer
    To help pull Santa’s sleigh.

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He worked for very many years.
     He brought  gifts to me  and you.
Now Rudolph’s son is learning what
      All reindeer have to do.

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When you’re in bed on Christmas Eve,
     Asleep, with eyes closed tight,
Rudolph’s son and reindeer friends
     Will travel through the night.

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True Story of Rudolph (The)
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