It came from the roof of the house. He began to investigate.
"It must be very late,and the kids must surely be sleeping," he thought.
He ran to the front room, from there he could warn everyone that something was wrong. Just then a foot with a green boot popped out of the fireplace, this was followed by another boot. Then legs in red trousers and eventually an entire body wiggled and squeezed its way out.....
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