Mr. Funny’s Special Delivery is a story from the 1981 Annual.
Plot[]
This is the story of one Christmas Eve where Mr. Funny helped out someone VERY important. While enjoying a nice hot cup of cake by the fireplace, Father Christmas arrived with his sled full of toys and a single reindeer. The reindeer had caught a cold and it seemed that the other reindeer were unwell to pull the sled as well. Mr. Funny invited Father Christmas inside. Father Christmas explained why he came to Mr. Funny's for help: Father Christmas' last stop that night was to a children's hospital, but his reindeer weren't well enough to travel the rest of the way. With Mr. Funny's help, the two of them came up with the solution. Mr. Funny would tow Father Christmas' sleigh to the children's hospital with his shoe car!
After hooking up the sleigh to Mr. Funny's car, the two set off to the children's hospital. Everyone who saw the Mr. Funny driving his shoe car, pulling Father Christmas on his sleigh, laughed at the funny sight! The reindeer laughed so much, his antlers nearly fell off! An own hooted with laughter and nearly fell out of her tree, a policeman on night duty almost laughed off his bicycle, and the milkman roared with laughter that all the milk bottles rattled and shook a great noise that woke up everyone on the street!
At the hospital, Mr. Funny helped Father Christmas unload all of the presents from the sleigh and delivered them to the children just as they woke up. They loved the gifts Father Christmas brought, but it seemed that they loved the funny faces Mr. Funny made even more! Job well done to Father Christmas and Mr. Funny!
List of Characters[]
- Mr. Funny
- Father Christmas
- Reindeer
- Owl
- Policeman
- Milkman
- Children at the Hospital