Gelosa The Mean
Once there was a witch named Gelosa who lived in the desert. She was jealous of other people because everyone else received Christmas gifts, but she received none. You see, she was very selfish. Nobody liked her, so who would give presents to her? Not even Santa Claus gives presents to mean people. Every year, other people received lots of gifts, but Gelosa did not receive any.
One Christmas, Gelosa came up with a plan to kidnap Santa Claus. If she was not going to receive any gifts, then she did not want anyone to get them, either. If she kidnapped Santa Claus while he was delivering gifts, she could steal all of them and keep them. On the 24th of December, Gelosa rode on her broom and kidnapped Santa Claus, sleigh and all. She brought Santa to her house and locked him inside with magic.
In the beginning, Gelosa was very happy. She had never gotten any presents before, and now she had more than she could count. She was very excited to open them. Santa Claus, on the other hand, was thinking about all the kids who wanted to open their gifts on Christmas day.
Gelosa took the largest presents in the pile and started to open them. The first one was a very large dollhouse. Santa Claus was watching and said, "What a shame, because Maria would have loved that dollhouse." Then Gelosa opened another present, a beautiful bicycle. "What a shame," said Santa Claus, "little Marc would have loved that." Gelosa could see that Santa was sad. "I bet you are sad because you do not have any gifts!" she said. Santa replied, "No, I am sad because I like to give gifts, but I can't do it."
After a few days, Gelosa realized that it wasn't the fun opening the gifts because they were not for her. She wondered whether Santa was right, that it was more fun to give gifts than to open them. Gelosa asked Santa, "Can I give gifts next Christmas?" Santa responded, "Great idea! But you can do it this year. You can help the 3 Wise Men to deliver them on the 6th of January."
The End
