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    Horace's Christmas Sleigh
    Horace's Christmas Sleigh
    Horace's Christmas Sleigh
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    Horace's Christmas Sleigh

    By Emma Laybourn

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    Horace the dog is in despair. Christmas is cancelled – and it’s all his fault! He decides to make it up to his family by pretending to be Santa. But where is he going to get a Santa costume, and presents – to say nothing of a sleigh?
    A Christmas Special about Horace the driving dog and his friends the stunt hamsters, who also appear in the full-length free books Petrol Paws and Race Night.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEmma Laybourn
    Release dateDec 7, 2015
    ISBN9781311122032
    Horace's Christmas Sleigh
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    Emma Laybourn

    I'm a qualified teacher and librarian who has had seven children's books published in traditional form in the UK and USA. I've also had about sixty short stories published in British and Australian magazines.In 2012 I set up a child-friendly website, www.megamousebooks.com, to offer free children's stories, ebooks and printable puzzles. Five years later I created my second site, www.englishliteratureebooks.com, as a home for free abridged classic novels and classic poetry ebook collections. Keeping both sites going is proving a full-time job, but a very enjoyable one!

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      Horace's Christmas Sleigh - Emma Laybourn

      Horace’s Christmas Sleigh

      Emma Laybourn

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Emma Laybourn

      A Christmas Special about Horace, the car-mad dog.

      You can find lots more free children’s ebooks, online stories and printable puzzles at Emma Laybourn’s website,

      www.megamousebooks.com

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Horace’s Christmas Sleigh

      Chapter One

      "What’s happened?" gasped Horace. He put his front paws on the window sill to stare out at the garden. A soft white quilt had dropped out of the sky overnight. Now it covered everything.

      Snow has happened, said Tickety the hamster.

      We’ve seen snow on TV, added Boo, her brother. It was on a programme about Monster Ice Trucks. Snow looks like fun!

      Horace agreed. He pulled his lead from its hook, and ran over to Josh with his tail wagging madly.

      Do you want a walk, Horace? Let’s go to the park, said Josh, pulling on his boots. You’ll like the snow.

      But once he was out in it, the snow wasn’t at all what Horace had expected. He thought it would be like a big, warm, bouncy duvet.

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