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    Santa's Daughter
    Santa's Daughter
    Santa's Daughter
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    Santa's Daughter

    By Therese A Kraemer

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    Reade Werner hates christmas and everything about it ever since his father died.    
    It would take a miracle to change his mind about the truth about Santa Clause and that miracles do happen.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpangaloo Publishing
    Release dateJan 5, 2019
    ISBN9781386216803
    Santa's Daughter
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    Therese A Kraemer

    Because I am dyslexic, I find writing a challenge, but my love of writing has inspired me to write more than sixty children’s stories, over two hundred poems and thirty-seven Romance Novels. I have also illustrated two story books used by primary teachers and students as a part of a vocal hygiene program at University of Arizona’s Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences.My credits also include four stories published by McFadden Publishing Co. in NYC. I wrote, illustrated and published two books of poetry used as fund-raisers by the Leukemia and Multiple Sclerosis organizations. I wrote illustrated and published in one book, forty-two children’s stories.I had an exhibition at the King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fl of my pen and ink drawings of animals. Recently, I have had three E-Book Romance Novels and a book of short stories published on the Spangaloo.Com website and another on the Smashwords.Com website. I make my home in Melbourne, Florida where I continue to write and illustrate

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      Santa's Daughter - Therese A Kraemer

      Santa’s Daughter

      Thérèse A. Kraemer

      Copyright Therese A Kraemer 2018

      Published by Spangaloo

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      This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, events, incidents, and places are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, people, or events is purely coincidental

      Cover Design: James Blanchette

      Ebook Formatting : Alan Thriete

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      Contents

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      CHAPTER TWELVE

      CHAPTER THIRTEEN

      Epilogue

      About the Author

      Other Books

      CHAPTER ONE

      Montana, 1996...

      Mama, please tell me that story you told me last Christmas Eve, Reade asked. Read me the one about the Starry-Eyed Donkey.

      Reade Werner, his mother said sternly. You know it’s late and Santa will not come if you’re still up.

      He pouted and rubbed his eyes fighting his weariness. Pleeease, he begged.

      She sighed and relented. All right, she sat next to him on the bed. But I’ll bet you a gingerbread cookie that you are asleep before I finish. She smiled, puffed up his pillow and with a loving hug his mother opened the book and read, A long time ago there was a man named Ishmael who owned six strong donkeys that carried water in a pail. The animals hauled fresh water from a well every day for the people who could afford a coin to pay. Ishmaels strongest were Gabriel, Hercules, and Samson, they were his only males until Ruth delivered a son. She named him Simon; he was her precious boy and he grew-up giving her so much joy.

      She squeezed him said, Just like you, my precious boy. Now, Simon liked to gaze at the moon and stars at night and wished on the stars that shone so bright. Although Simon was not big like the other males he did his job and carried water in his pails. But, he was different from all the other donkeys, he longed to travel and see different countries.

      Like me mama, I want to travel too.

      Yes dear, like you but his mother was becoming quite worrisome and had to scold and warn her starry-eyed son. Simon, Ishmael is becoming quite annoyed with you and he is threatening to make you into donkey stew.

      Yuck! Reade made a face and asked, Who would eat donkey stew?

      I’m sure Ishmael wasn’t serious honey and no more interruptions, she tapped his freckled nose and continued, Now Simon, said his mother, all the other donkeys are laughing at you and making fun because of your daydreaming and that must stop my son! He promised his mother he’d no longer gaze into the sky and sadly walked away hating the fact that he told a lie. He could not stop his longing and his wish to roam even if he had to leave his mother and his only home. As days went by he tried to ignore the teasing. Simon is a poor excuse for a donkey, Ester giggled. He thinks he’s better than us to travel and see the country. Yeah, he’s foolish, snorted another female named Clair. It can be dangerous; who knows what’s out there. Humph! Simon scoffed and said, laugh all you want but you see carrying water to people for coins every day and that is not for me. I’m going to be somebody and never stop dreaming of better things. Who knows what wonders are out there, what adventure brings.

      Good for him, Reade yawned, he didn’t let them get under his hide.

      "Yes dear, he was strong but now the days grew shorter and stars seemed brighter this time of the year. It was a time when the air smelled fresh, crisp and clear. He wondered what the earth looked like from way up there. What was beyond the clouds, beyond the atmosphere? He continued to daydream as time passed and days grew cold. Ishmael decided it was time for the starry-eyed donkey to be sold. One day a couple came by looking to purchase a beast. It was Ishmael’s chance to get rid of the one he valued the least. Simon kissed his sad mother good-bye but he was happy to go, this was no lie. This

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