2. The Elf Who Lost His Way Brooke Beinhower Becky Barber

3. Once upon a time, there was an elf named Buddy who lived at the North Pole. NORTHPOLENORTHPOLE

4. He left the North Pole to go to the Big City in search of his family.

5. Buddy could not find his family. He searched for so long and walked so far that he ended up in a …

6. Buddy landed in a deep, dark forest where he met four people. …forest! He met four friends in the forest. Those friends said they were on their way to see a wizard who could grant their wishes. Buddy decided to join them.

7. The wizard was a very large and scary creature.

8. Although Buddy was very frightened, he finally found the courage to ask the wizard to find his family.

9. What do you think the wizard did? 1 2

10. The wizard answered Buddy’s request, and they lived happily ever after!

11. The wizard decided that it would hurt Santa’s feelings if he never returned, and Santa would cancel Christmas forever. So Buddy was sent back to the North Pole to live with Santa and his elf friends.