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    Mildred Mistletoe Fixes Christmas: A Holiday Short Story
    Mildred Mistletoe Fixes Christmas: A Holiday Short Story
    Mildred Mistletoe Fixes Christmas: A Holiday Short Story
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    Mildred Mistletoe Fixes Christmas: A Holiday Short Story

    By Elaine L. Orr

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    Mildred Mistletoe may have been born under a Christmas tree, but that doesn't mean her life is problem-free. When her human, Fergie, is accused of stealing coins from a Christmas collection tub, Mildred needs to make things right. She also has to find a new home for Mittens, a socially awkward cat who belongs to twins Fergie and Frank's friend. And there isn’t much time before the town's Christmas Eve dinner. A story for middle and high school age through adult. Sure to warm your heart on a cold winter night.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElaine L. Orr
    Release dateDec 11, 2017
    ISBN9781948070058
    Mildred Mistletoe Fixes Christmas: A Holiday Short Story
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    Elaine L. Orr

    Elaine L. Orr writes four mystery series, including the thirteen-book Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series, set at the Jersey shore. "Behind the Walls" was a finalist for the 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Awards. The first book in the River's Edge series--set in rural Iowa--"From Newsprint to Footprints," came out in late 2015; the second book, "Demise of a Devious Neighbor," was a Chanticleer finalist in 2017.The Logland series is a police procedural with a cozy feel, and began with "Tip a Hat to Murder" in 2016 The Family History Mystery series, set in the Western Maryland Mountains began with "Least Trodden Ground" in 2020. The second book in the series, "Unscheduled Murder Trip," received an Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion in 2021.She also writes plays and novellas, including the one-act play, "Common Ground" published in 2015. Her novella, "Falling into Place," tells the story of a family managing the results of an Iowa father’s World War II experience with humor and grace. Another novella, "Biding Time," was one of five finalists in the National Press Club's first fiction contest, in 1993. "In the Shadow of Light" is the fictional story of children separated from their mother at the US/Mexico border.Nonfiction includes :Words to Write By: Getting Your Thoughts on Paper: and :Writing When Time is Scarce.: She graduated from the University of Dayton and the American University and is a member of Sisters in Crime. Elaine grew up in Maryland and moved to the Midwest in 1994.Her fiction and nonfiction are at all online retailers in all formats -- ebooks, paperbacks, large print, and (on Amazon, itunes, and Audible.com) audio in digital form. Paperbacks can be ordered through Barnes and Noble Stores as well as t heir online site.Support your local bookstore!

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      Mildred Mistletoe Fixes Christmas - Elaine L. Orr

      MILDRED MISTLETOE FIXES CHRISTMAS

      A Holiday Short Story

      Elaine L. Orr

      Copyright 2017

      Lifelong Dreams Publishing

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 978 1 948070058

      Mildred Mistletoe’s author usually writes cozy mysteries and other light fiction. However, Mildred came to Elaine fully formed, so she had to go into a story. For more of Elaine’s work, visit her website or blog.

      www.elaineorr.com

      http://www.elaineorr.blogspot.com

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter 1 Taking Care of Humans

      Chapter 2 Understanding Friends

      Chapter 3 Figuring it Out

      Chapter 4 Fixing Christmas

      Chapter 5 Mittens’ Fate

      Other Books by Elaine Orr

      About Elaine Orr

      CHAPTER ONE: TAKING CARE OF HUMANS

      MILDRED MISTLETOE WAS NOT an ordinary cat. Her coal black coat had speckles of white, and she preferred napping with the house mouse to chasing him. Though not fond of the dog, she tolerated him.

      Being born on Christmas Day was not unusual. But as far as she knew, Mildred Mistletoe was the only cat born under the Christmas tree, actually in the manger.

      Her Mama Cat had pawed the Baby Jesus and family out of the manger, but permitted the sheep and donkey to stay. What Mama Cat, a local stray that had been brought indoors during a snowstorm, did not do after Mildred Mistletoe’s birth was stick around to care for her.

      Her humans, twins Fergie and Frankie O’Hara, had done a passable job. Frankie had some trouble with the tiny bottle of kitten milk, but he got better after a bunch dripped on his basketball shoes.

      Mildred Mistletoe would turn five this year. Fergie and Frank, who no longer permitted his mother to call him Frankie, attended high school. And they seemed to have a problem.

      Mildred needed to solve it. If the worried looks and yelling continued, Mildred’s birthday, always an occasion for family presents and good food, would be ruined.

      Fergie sat staring at the corner of the living room that held the Christmas tree, but when Frank came in from walking Dog, she wailed, It isn’t true! Why would those girls tell people I took money from the Christmas dinner collection?

      Mildred knew all about the dinner. Each year, Fergie, Frank, and their parents cooked mounds of mashed potatoes and baked hundreds of cookies. They took these to their Illinois town’s community center Christmas Eve.

      Purchased turkeys and hams were added to the donated goodies, and Fergie and Frank helped collect coins for the meat. They started at Halloween, a useless holiday that yielded no good treats, worked through Thanksgiving, which earned Mildred many good snacks, and finished a few days

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