The Adventures of Elf and Leprechaun

After a death-defying escape and arduous journey of trekking, abseiling, reindeer-riding, giftwrap-climbing and hot-air ballooning, our two heroes, Elf and Leprechaun (do I now need to find names for both?!) found a quiet spot to set up camp. (Catch up on the full escape story here.)

And there in that quiet spot, the two new friends feasted on tiny marshmallows around their candle campfire and swapped tales of their lives, each tale growing taller as the night grew shorter.

But before dawn could break through the now dizzying heights both had reached in their story-telling, it was time to move on and set about the important business of spying and mischief-making.

And it was about almost precisely that near-exact o’clock that the leprechaun spied something so wonderful, so enticing, so deliciously ‘leprechaun’, and so… so… conveniently just right there!

It was GOLD! Lots and lots of gold!

So Elf and Leprechaun did as elves and leprechauns must. They pillaged N’s pocket money!

And made another daring escape down a conveniently located zipline straight into a Christmas Tree.

They surveyed the tinsel and baubles, pinecones and lights, and decided that yes, this would make a good base, a very good base indeed.

Over the next few nights, oh the shenanigans those two got up to! Hide and seek, train riding, THEFT of a sleigh (though they did leave Santa with skis). There was nothing off-limits to our mischievous duo.

Wisely, Elf and Leprechaun chose to hide behind masks for the entirety of the next day and only very narrowly avoided capture from the Moody Mum, whose moodiness was in Christmas overdrive and was NOT to be trifled with.

To be continued….