A Winter Holiday with Mr. Sneeze is a story from the 1983 Annual.
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Coldland, as you may know, is about the coldest country in the world. If not the coldest. It's easy to forecast the weather in Coldland because it snows or freezes or freezes and snows every day. Coldland weather forecasts are always right!
Now, Mr. Sneeze lived in Coldland and every year he had a holiday. A winter holiday. There's no such thing as a summer holiday in Coldland! There's not even such a thing as summer in Coldland! Last year, Mr. Sneeze decided to spend a week in the mountains, not very far from where he lived. So he packed a suitcase, locked the door of his snow-covered cottage in Shivertown and set off.
Mr. Sneeze found a nice quiet hotel in a valley at the foot of Mount Shiver, which is the highest mountain in Coldland. He was just having lunch in the dining room when suddenly the door burst open with a loud CRASH! The door shook, the floor shook, and the whole dining room shook! A loud voice boomed asking for chicken, peas, and chips. Mr. Noisy had arrived!
After lunch, Mr. Sneeze and Mr. Noisy went for a walk. Mr. Noisy wanted to race up to the top of Mount Shiver and ran up the mountain with the snow loudly crunching in his footsteps. Mr. Sneeze followed Mr. Noisy's footprints. Or rather, he followed IN Mr Noisy's footprints. Because Mr. Noisy's shoes produce big, deep, footprints. Footprints that result in the snow going up to Mr. Sneeze's neck!
Mr. Noisy got to the top of the mountain in no time. But when he got there, he found a sign with a warning etched in it. It said: "DANGER! AVALANCE! Don't make too much noise!" Mr. Noisy read the notice but he wasn't sure what an avalanche was. Then Mr. Noisy did something he didn't do very often: he whispered. Mr. Noisy whispered something to Mr. Sneeze, who was still only halfway up the mountain. Only Mr. Noisy's whisper wasn't quiet, like yours or mine would be. Mr. Noisy's whisper was more like a clap of thunder!
Can you guess what happened next? The ground shook, the snow shook, the whole mountain shook, A great big chunk of snow slid off the top of the mountain and crashed down into the valley! Mr. noisy had started an avalanche! Mr. Sneeze and Mr. Noisy tumbled down with it and landed in a heap at the bottom. All Mr. Noisy wanted to know what an avalanche was, but I think he knows what an avalanche is now. Do you think he learned?
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