Book Six: Chapter 50

The elf nodded, then drew a picture of a jolly Santa, complete with hat and a giant belly. “There’s an entire story between these two pictures,” she explained as she capped the marker. “One that nobody ever gets to hear, not even most of the elves.”

“What’s he hiding?” Kisa asked. “You make it sound so ominous.”

Holly scowled, then nodded to herself. “He has a secret, a very big one. Allie told it to me a long time ago, but only because I get to leave the North Pole.” She turned back toward the drawings and tapped on the saint first, then Santa. “Hundreds of years is plenty of time for one man to go from this to this. You would think that a man who gives gifts to children would be universally lauded, but that isn’t so. He’s had his share of enemies over the years.”

“Tink have enemies, too.” The goblin walked over to Holly and stuck her hand in Holly’s pack. “Still hungry, maybe two more cookies.”

Holly swatted Tink away and then handed her a couple more. “I’l