That morning, Cissy and I were up about three hours before dawn. Santa had already filled the make-shift stockings that were hanging from our bedposts, so we were in no danger of keeping Santa from his duty. We knew what lied ahead and were very excited about it. Well, trying not to wake our oldest brother (who was sleeping in the front living room at the time), we slowly embarked on our treasure hunt. We opened the small gifts first, and then took pleasure in opening the bigger ones, later.

     I asked in a whispering tone,"Hey, what'd ya get?"

     Cissy quickly replied,"Shut up, stupid, I'm not done, yet!"

     Well, I was… and I told her," Where's my bike?"

     She said," I don't know, ask Mom."

     Well, right then and there, I knew that I had to wait another three hours 'till Mom got up.

     Well, the only thing I could pull out of my stack of goodies was this stuffed blue elephant. I thought to myself, 'What am I gonna do with this stuffed blue elephant? Where's my bike?'

     I asked Mom, "What did I do that was so wrong this year not to get a bicycle?" I further mentioned, "It seems that all I got was this stupid blue elephant!"

     Well, right then, she grabbed a hold of me and sat me right down. She said, "Son, you don't know, do you?"

     In tears, I replied, "Ma, what'cha mean?"

     Mom answered, "I can't believe what Santa brought you this year."

     I looked at her like I'd seen snow for the first time. I said, "Mom, I don't understand what you mean?"

     She hesitated, and then said, "Son, you got a blue elephant from Santa this year, don'cha know?"

     I uttered, "Yeah, Ma, so what!"

     What she told me next, I will never forget for the rest of my life. She said to me," Son, do you know anybody else that got a blue elephant this year from Santa?"

     I smartly replied, "No, I don't! But I do know how many got bicycles this year!"

     She quickly responded, "Joey, not everyone gets a blue elephant from Santa, you know. You have to be extra special during the year to get such a prize!"

     I thought to myself, 'BOY! That's pretty good'

     Even though, I ravished in the thought of my blue elephant, I still needed wheels to round out my good fortune. Well, it wasn't an hour later that I heard a knock at the door. It was Mr. Curry from next door. He said, "Joey, I think Santa has made a terrible mistake."

     I replied, "Mr. Curry, what do you mean?"

     He said, "Son, Santa has made a BIG mistake!"

     I still didn't understand, so I asked Mr. Curry what he meant. He then sat me down and asked me to come next door. He said, "Boy, is this your lucky day!"

     Now, I had dreamed, thought and imagined just what this bike would look like, and how it felt riding it down the street. Like my Dad, who also had hunches, I knew that I was right on target.

     Well, to make a long story short, Santa had used Mr. Curry in the process of making sure that I had gotten' my bicycle that year. You see, he had bought the bicycle about two weeks before Christmas. He painted it at least 10 or 12 times before his wife, Frances, told him that was enough. You know, Mr. Curry was a kind'a hefty man, and now that I think about it, he sort'a looked like old St. Nick, himself.

     I still wonder about that! What do you think? Do you believe in Santa? I do!

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