Save The Cowboy Free Issues December 2015 | Page 5

you did, I hope you taped the receipt to his butt so I
can return him and trade him for a boot jack.”
He laughed and then turned somber as he said, “A lot
of folks have got me figured wrong same as you do.”
He proceeded to tell me all the ways that we had it
wrong. He didn’t live at the North Pole, and elves
were about as real as talkin’ donkeys. His gift wasn’t
just for the good list, but mostly for the naughty.
He tied his one rein back around to make due until
he got home as he told me he’d never been down a
chimney in his life. As he climbed back on his horse,
he said, “Son, I didn’t bring you a gift that you can
hold. I brought you the gift of good news.”

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