The Creakers

by Tom Fletcher

  “Pah!” cried Mr. Trundle, spitting out a mouthful of tea. “Well, William, I’m afraid that’s all just a big pile of poppycock, fiddle-faddle, mouth-waffling, gibbery-faff nonsense. Whoever told you that is a complete knobblyplank! Make presents? Ha! Would you like me to tell you how elves really work, William?” he asked, a sudden sparkle in his eyes.

  “Oh, please do, Dad!” William cried, and made himself comfortable. He always loved it when his dad told him stories. Mr. Trundle was very good at them—and he was particularly good at Christmas stories, for, as you already know, he loved everything about Christmas.

  Tom Fletcher is also the author of The Christmasaurus, There’s a Monster in Your Book, There’s a Dragon in Your Book, and with his wife, Giovanna Fletcher, Eve of Man. He is one of the UK’s bestselling authors for children, and his books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He has never seen a Creaker in real life, but he’s always keeping a close lookout.

  @Tom Fletcher

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