Robbie’s Inspiration – Advent Calendar Story Train: Sir Chocolate and the Graffiti Artists #Christmas #Storytrain #SirChocolateBooks

Welcome to the Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under the theme Surprise.

Sir Chocolate and the Graffiti Artists by Robbie and Michael Cheadle

It was two nights before Christmas, a cold and cloudy day

When the Roundy Twins thought of a new idea for play

Into Sir Chocolate’s Chocolatier, the naughty pair snuck

And found his sweet decorating tools; for them a bit of luck

Picture caption: The Roundy Twins

They spent the long winter’s evening having a lot of fun

And admired their handiwork when they were quite done

They had painted the town with Sir Chocolate’s edible-paint

The tubes were all empty, they had painted without restraint

***

Pictures and graffiti adorned every house in town’s walls

They had been to the local market and sprayed all the stalls

And the stage in the park, was full of paint and a mess

Shocked at their destruction, the twins were a bit stressed

Picture caption: The stage and backdrop full of spray paint

They felt some remorse; the annual play was on Christmas Eve

They’d painted all the props, not one did they miss and leave

Now that they had finished, they knew they’d been bad

The concert would be ruined, and their friends would be sad

***

Bright and early the next day, Sir Chocolate heard a knock

He was hoping to sleep late, but could not the loud sound block

Mr Christmas Pudding and Miss Christmas Cracker were at his door

They were really upset, their tears made puddles on the floor

Picture caption: Mr Christmas Pudding and Miss Christmas Cracker

They had been preparing for months for this Christmas event

The invitations to the townspeople and already been sent

“We’ll have to cancel the show and it is such a shame

“We can’t carry on now, without props it won’t be the same!”

***

A short while later Constable Licorice joined them for tea

Everyone helping to clean up was the only plan he could see

He and Sir Chocolate walked around town, looking for clues

It didn’t do them any good, they only wore out their shoes

***

Who were the irresponsible troublemakers? There was no sign

When they were found they’d get a piece of Constable Licorice’s mind

Signs asking for information, were put up all around the town

Passersby read them with interest and shook their heads with a frown

***

The towns people rallied around, and work extremely hard

The culprits, once caught, from the concert would be barred.

It took all day, and everyone was feeling hot and tired

There was so much to do, some extra help had been hired

***

Sir Chocolate was amazed at how the mess disappeared

The stage and props looked fine when the paint had been cleared

The town’s people sat down to enjoy a picnic on the grass

And to the good results of their scrubbing, they all raised a glass

***

Mr Christmas Pudding went around town and all the concert tickets sold

Miss Christmas Cracker performed and was a sight to behold

At the end of the play, the crowd gave a standing ovation

Which the performers on stage received with great elation

Picture caption: Miss Christmas Cracker performing on stage

The next day Sir Chocolate was awoken early once again

Mrs Roundy had come to visit and her boy’s behavior explain

She had seen them mopping around looking most upset

Their naughty and destructive actions they both did regret

***

Constable Licorice and the boys had a long conversation

Sweeping the street clean of snow, became their obligation

In this way they made amends for their naughty silliness

They knew the results of their actions had been quite serious

***

Each made a promised they would never write graffiti again

This was one form of art from which they’d always abstain

They spread the news to their younger siblings and friends

They felt it was the least they could do to try and make amends

Picture caption: Sir Chocolate and some friends, watching the show

The Sir Chocolate Books are available from TSL Publications here: https://tslbooks.uk/product-tag/sir-chocolate/

The Sir Chocolate highdays and holidays books are available form Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Robbie-Cheadle/author/B01N9J62GQ

Thank you for reading today’s story. The last one will be available to read on December 24th, titled “Bob The Reindeer“ . This link will be active tomorrow when the post goes live.

If you missed yesterday’s you can go and read it here.