Roman the Teapot: a Christmas Adventure

By Paul Thompson

We have all heard the classic stories of Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolf, but some stories are forgotten, cast aside, and untouched. Until now. Lets meet Roman, a hardworking, handy, and helpful teapot whose job is to provide hot drinks for Santa and his elves.

One frightful night, Roman is tossed out into the garbage and left in the cold alone. He meets a cluster of talking cutlery, and his adventure begins. Along the way, he meets the village of Droplets and battles fierce enemies such as the dreaded Rocka-crocs, which lurk under the cold river, and the abominable snowman who hides in his dark cave.

When Santa and his elves are captured by an army of goblins, earms, and trolls, he must learn bravery, friendship, and forgiveness as he and his friends battle through the cold Christmas in order to rescue Christmas.

This book is a childrens story engineered and crafted to last a lifetime, and a classic tale to fill the shelves of avid adventure readers of young ages for years to come.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Apr 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524597726

Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson was born in Altrincham, Cheshire in 1960. Educated at St. Bede's College in Manchester, the London College of Music and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he has taught in the Department of Music at Southeast Missouri State University for more than three decades. Previously he taught at the Lady Eleanor Holles and Forest Schools in London, England, Colgate University in New York and Murray State University in Kentucky. With a life-long interest in British military history, he has recently had articles dealing with aspects of the Napoleonic Wars published in the Waterloo Association Journal, the Napoleon Series and the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research.

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Roman the Teapot:

A Christmas Adventure

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by

Paul Thompson

Illustrations by

Yvonne Abuda

Copyright © 2017 by Paul Thompson. 757114

ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5245-9773-3

   EBook      978-1-5245-9772-6

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 04/18/2017

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Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

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Chapter One

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, was a mysterious place called Santa’s grotto. And in this grotto lived a teapot, who used to make the tea for all of Santa’s elves and little helpers. Roman is a small, round teapot which glowed bright red. Until one day, when he turned up for work, upon arrival there was an Earm waiting on the side as Roman approached through the door. All the elves where already having tea as the Earm had already provided it for them. Some of the elves shouted to Roman You’re off work today Roman, you can have an easy day! Santa has employed a new helper! His name is Earnie.

Earms are large, metal, cylinders with gruesome eyes and a large spout. Roman looked straight up at Earnie, and his eyes glowed red. And as he looked down at Roman, he told Roman

"You’re no longer needed here,

There’s no need for you,

As I am large, shiny and new."

So with that, Roman walked around the grotto, through the village, and back home, and decided to leave. He packed a ruck sack, and left the grotto. As he walked through the woods, hour after hour, all of a sudden, he heard a shout. Help! Help!