Hurray for Ali Baba Bernstein by Hurwitz Johanna
Author:Hurwitz, Johanna [Hurwitz, Johanna]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781623346584
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Published: 2013-12-04T16:00:00+00:00
4. ALI BABA MEETS SANTA CLAUS
In the first place, Ali Baba Bernstein was nine years, six months, and twenty-three days old, much too old to believe in the existence of Santa Claus. In the second place, Ali Baba was Jewish. That meant that he and his parents did not celebrate Christmas. Still, he knew all about Santa Claus from storybooks and television shows and from the tales his classmates told. Nevertheless, it was still a major surprise to get off the bus on his way home from school and to see Santa Claus walking toward him.
Ali Baba was not alone. Natalie Gomez the second-grader who lived on his street, got off the bus at the same stop and stood beside him.
“Look over there!” said Ali Baba, pointing toward the short, heavyset man with a thick head of white hair and a long, flowing white beard. “He sure looks like Santa Claus, doesn’t he?”
Natalie’s jaw dropped open. For a moment she didn’t say a word to Ali Baba. Even though he was wearing dark slacks and a tweed overcoat, she also recognized the man. “It is Santa Claus,” she whispered. “I know it’s him. I would recognize him anywhere.” Her voice was full of awe. After all, it wasn’t every day that you met Santa Claus walking down Broadway. “He lives at the North Pole,” Natalie reminded Ali Baba. “That’s a lot of bus and subway stops away from here.”
“It’s halfway around the world,” Ali Baba informed her.
“I wonder why he isn’t wearing his red suit?” Natalie asked as the man came toward them.
“Use your head,” Ali Baba told the little girl. “If he wore his bright red suit with the white fur trim, everyone would be chasing after him. That’s a disguise that he has on now.”
“Let’s follow him,” said Ali Baba as the man approached still closer.
“We can’t do that,” Natalie said with a gasp.
“Why not?” asked Ali Baba. “Don’t you want to see where he’s going?”
Natalie nodded her head. “But he might get angry. Then he won’t bring us anything for Christmas.”
“Well, I don’t have to worry about that,” said Ali Baba. “And I want to see where he goes. Maybe he’s inspecting the toy shops around here or something.”
He turned to follow the bearded man, but he did not have to go far at all.
“Look,” said Natalie as Santa Claus entered a barbershop. “He’s going for a haircut.”
Ali Baba and Natalie stood outside the shop and peeked through the window. They watched as the famous man got into one of the chairs. The barber put a towel around his neck and began snipping at his hair.
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