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Long-long ago, when Santa Claus didn’t marry Mrs. Claus yet, they lived on the planet Tam-Tam, with all their friends and relatives. They had days and nights, trees and flowers, birds, and animals, skies with rains and oceans with storms, mountains, with snow-tops, butterflies and… what did you say? Mosquitos… no, no, there were no mosquitos at those early days. But, yes, there were butterflies, fireflies, unicorns and many other magical creatures.

In a small, cozy town, that was surrounded by tall mountains, in a vast log house, that was not much different from the others, Santa Claus lived with Kissa-Katti and Piece. Kissa-Katti was a small white kitten, with neat black tie, booties and gloves; she also had a nice habit to purr with her eyes closed, like if she was sleeping, sitting on Santa Claus’s favorite rocking arm-chair, at his favorite time to read newspapers.

«Kissa-Katti, why wouldn’t you go down, I want to rest,» he advised the cat on one pretty evening, but Kissa-Katti pretended to sleep. Then Piece, who was a tall dog, looking a lot as our Husky, put his heavy paw close to Kissa-Katti and rocked the chair violently.

«Piece, don’t be mean», Santa Claus came to the rescue, but it was too late, because Kissa-Katti couldn’t forgive the offence and catapulted from the chair straight into Piece’s neck, hissing loudly. There she hung, clutching Piece tightly with all her four paws and all the sharp claws. He whined plaintively and, in attempt to shake Kissa-Katti off, ran in circles around Santa Claus.

Santa Claus rushed towards the door. He had to let Piece outside. «Kissa-Katti, you stop it immediately!» he commanded. The cat didn’t want to obey. Santa Claus pulled the door opened and stopped breathing. There, at the door, was standing young, pretty girl, smiling at him just for a moment, because at another moment Piece with Kissa-Katti hanging on his neck, ran into her and the girl, to keep her balance, had to catch both of them. In the next moment, the girl, who had very gentle constitution, lost her balance anyway, and fainted. Santa Claus had to catch them all before they fell.

So he did, and since the girl was out of her senses, he had to bring her into the house.

This was the first time when Santa Claus met Mrs. Claus, but of course, she was not called Mrs. Claus yet. In several minutes she opened her eyes and found herself in the large Santa Claus’s bed.

«How are you?» Santa Claus held his wide hand to her. She got up and smiled again, showing her dimples and pearls of small teeth. This was the time when Santa Claus fell in love. She appeared to be a bohemian girl, one of his admirers, but she didn’t want to tell it to him, so she said that she lost her way home and needed his help, which was true, because she did lose her way home. There were her friends, gypsies waiting outside, and they knocked the door.

«What the hell happened to our friend?» They yelled and knocked the door again, in a bold, perky manner, the way just gypsies do.

At that time Santa Claus was in all the news, both in written and in the word of mouth. The tales about him spread around the planet. He didn’t want to show up his superpowers, his intention was to live the same life as the others; it was so deer and interesting to him, to be part of the world he created. Nevertheless, whatever he touched, or interacted, acquired part of his superpowers. This is how people started to talk about Santa Claus. Some called him a magician, some were so exalted that called him a living god. He tried to be away from all those talks and lived anonymously. Nevertheless, the talks continued and people from here and there were looking to find out where he lived, to see him in person.

The gypsy girls are always aware about all kinds of rumors and gossips. They decided to find out if the mysterious gentleman who lived with his dog and cat, was Santa Claus.

At the time we are talking about, when the bohemian girl found herself in Santa Claus’s bed, she could feel special and loved, even though Santa Claus didn’t tell her anything about something like that. She was smitten by the feeling and suddenly ashamed for the bold entrance. «I am so sorry», she said and went to the door, hastily, forgetting the purpose of her visit. That was the one that gypsies usually have when approaching strangers, – tricking them for food or money or anything else they needed. «I am ok now, I know where my home is, I remembered», she told him.

Santa Claus, who was already in love, didn’t want her to go away. «Come back if you change your mind,» he said. The other bohemian girls were too noisy at the door and Piece went on barking.

«I am ok, naenas,» – that is the way gypsies used to call one another), – «off we go!» she said.

«What, didn’t you get anything special for us?» her friends demanded.

«I said, off we go! The gentleman is busy now,» she replied, and they had to pull after her. They traveled in a carriage, driven by three horses: black, white and yellow.

Santa Claus went after the girl. «You didn’t even tell me your name!» he called, but she was far away. He came back home, looked at Kissa-Katti, then at Piece and said: «I have to find her.»

He didn’t feel so strange before. He decided that it was the time for him to get married. «We are to find the girl» he repeated. He didn’t want to leave them along and, to keep the company, he decided to use some of his superpowers again.

«Piece, Existe Andreas»

he commanded, and the dog turned into a real person, with a name Mr. Patter.

«Kissa-Katti, Existe Andreas»

Santa Claus commanded, turning to the cat, and the cat turned into real person, with a name Mr. Pitter, who looked exactly like Mr. Patter. Both of them looked rather like elves than humans. They had sharp-tip ears, that helped them hear miles ahead, like only cats and dogs can do, and cute, snouty noses, that helped them smell miles ahead, just like dogs and cats can do.

«I am a human now!» Mr. Pitter jumped up and Mr. Patter jumped after him. They looked over one another with surprise and immediately noticed that they had matching outfits, with shiny polished black shoes and white gloves, black frocks, and perfectly white shirts underneath. Lucky they were, they also had tall black hats, made by the latest style and fashion. «Well, you look pretty much like I do now!» Mr. Patter said, as he compared the outfits.

«No, this is you, who look exactly like I do!» Mr. Pitter argued and was about to kick Mr. Patter. Then Mr. Patter, was about to kick Mr. Pitter back.

«Please, please, don’t start it again!» Santa Claus asked, «I thought when you are the same, there be no reasons to argue! Didn’t I make your dream come true? Now you both are humans, it is not just your outfits that match.

I have an idea. Why wouldn’t you rejoice and admire one another as my special, perfect creations?»

He fetched two small mirrors out of his frock’s pockets. «Please, look at yourself, Mr. Patter,» he asked, and Mr. Patter did. «Now, look at Mr. Pitter, do you see any difference? No, no difference at all!» Mr. Patter shook his head. «Now, Mr. Pitter, do you see any difference?» Mr. Pitter shook his head. «No, no difference at all!»

«So, my friends», Santa Claus smiled, «please stop envy to one another. You both are the same deer to me; besides, now you can be helpful to one another! So many reasons to rejoice. I don’t want to force it on you, it is in your power to be human not only outside, but also inside. Think about it.»

Santa Claus turned his back to them, leaving them space to reconsider on their own. «You keep the mirrors,» he said, «I have more for my business».

It didn’t take them long to come back to mind. They looked over one another again. «You look absolutely gorgeous, Mr. Patter,» Mr. Pitter said. «You look fantastic, my friend», Mr. Pitter agreed, and, with tears of joy, they hugged one another. Suddenly, they couldn’t resist the overwhelming feeling of admiration. Looking one another over and over again, turning more and more into human beings, inside as much as outside, they kissed one another’s cheek and shook hands.