Happy Got Lucky

The box contained a scarf, hat, pipe, broom, plastic carrot, two pieces of coal, and several buttons. The box was marked "Happy's Magic Kit." The Smith's had no idea where the box came from and even less of an idea of what it all meant. Little Johnny, on the other hand, knew exactly what the box was for. He only needed to wait until the time was right. He looked to the heavens and winked.

Each morning, Johnny ran outside and looked upward. He was trying to be patient, but he was eager to experience the magic of the box. Finally, on the morning of Christmas Eve, Johnny woke up to find his yard covered in a downy white blanket. He knew his day had come!

He rushed outside as soon as breakfast was over and started his magical journey. He formed three perfect snowballs and set about building them to the proper size. Once his snowman was standing taller than he was, Johnny ran to the garage and got "Happy's Magic Kit." The box was bigger than he was, but he finally dragged it over to the snowman.

Johnny ran back tot he garage and found an empty milk crate. He carried that over to the snowman as well. Gingerly, he removed each item from the box and placed them with great care on the snowman. Before long, Happy was fully assembled.

Johnny cleaned up his milk crate and the empty box and stood back to admire his handiwork. Happy was a handsome snowman; but, Johnny was waiting for the magic to happen. Nothing did. Soon, other kids from the neighborhood came over to admire Happy. After awhile, a snowball fight broke out and some of the kids made angels in the snow. Happy stood watch over all of it.

Happy may not have performed any special magic, but the Smith's now know that snowmen are magical. Johnny had never had so much fun as he did today.