Kelsey meets Frosty the Snowman

Train Ride

(The ticket clerk was sleeping in his chair)

Karen: We'd like a ticket to the North Pole, please?

Clerk: (Wakes up) Hmm? What? The North Pole? Oh yes, ma'am. (Starts making the tickets and almost got tangled up)

Branch: Man, that's got to be a hard job.

Kelsey: Tell me about it.

Clerk: Route you by the way of Saskatchewan, Hudson Bay, Nome Alaska, the Klondike, and Aurora borealis! Gotta make a change at Nanuk of the Northville. That'll be $3,000.04, including tax.

Balto: What?

Karen: Oh, but we don't have any money.

Clerk: (Shocked) No money?! (Gets tangled up in the tickets) (Sternly) No money, no ticket! (Slams the window door shut)

Kelsey: (Unimpressed) Well, that was uncalled for.

Poppy: Yeah, I thought for sure we would get them for free since it's Christmas Eve.

Frosty: Now I'll never get to the North Pole.

Karen: Oh, Frosty, you just can't melt! (Hugs him)

Frosty: Oh, Karen, don't you get all slushy too.

Branch: What'll we do now?

(Hocus came, hopping and tugged on Karen's scarf, while pointing)

Karen: What is it, Hocus? Out the window?

Balto: (Looks at the window) I think he's got something. Look! (Points at a refridgerated boxcar)

Karen: A refridgerated boxcar on a train headed north!

Poppy: You'll be safe there, Frosty!

Kelsey: Come on! (Runs outside)

(They went over to the boxcar)

(Branch opens the door)

Rick: It's full of ice cream and frozen Christmas cakes!

Frosty: What a neat way to travel!

(Train whistle blowing)

Kelsey: Uh-oh. We're running out of time.

Karen: (Pushing Frosty into the boxcar) Hurry up, Frosty! The train is pulling out!

Frosty: Are you coming to the North Pole too?

Karen: (Gets on) I'm sure my mother won't mind, as long as I'm home in time for supper.

Kelsey: (Gets on as well) Well, you better let me come along, cuz. I hate to tell your mom where you went.

(Balto, Branch, Poppy, and Hocus came on)

Balto: We're coming too.

(The train started moving)

(Everybody waved good-bye)

Kelsey: (Singing) Frosty the snowman had to hurry on his way. When he waved goodbye saying "don't cry, I'll be back again someday."

(Prof. Hinkle hopped on the back of the train)

Prof. Hinkle: I must get that hat back! Think nasty, think nasty, think nasty. (Laughs)

Chorus: (Singing) He'll be back again someday.

(Later)

(In the boxcar)

(Kelsey, Branch and Poppy were wearing electric heat blankets)

Narrator: "Now actually, a refridgerated boxcar is a splendid way to travel. Splendid that is, if one is a snowman or furry coated rabbit and wolfdog. Kelsey, Poppy, and Branch found a way to keep themselves warm, but for Karen..."

Karen: (Shivering and sneezes)

(That got the attention of Kelsey, Branch, Poppy, Balto, Hocus, and Frosty)

Frosty: Are you cold, Karen? (To himself) Now that's a silly question. (To Karen) You wouldn't be sneezing if you weren't cold.

Karen: Well, just... just a little. (Sneezes)

Kelsey: (Touching her forehead) Oh my gosh! You're getting a fever! Why didn't you ask me to borrow my heat blanket?

Karen: Are you mad? I didn't want you to get cold.

Kelsey: No. I'm not mad.

Narrator: "Frosty and his friends realized that Karen had to get out of that car as soon as possible."

Frosty: Guys, we had to get out of the car.

Branch: Good idea.

Balto: Well, now's a good time. The train's stopping.

Narrator: "So when the little freight train stopped to let an express full of happy Christmas travelers pass, Frosty and his friends took advantage of the opportunity and quickly got them all off."

(Frosty and the others jumped off the train)

(Karen was in Kelsey's arms)

(The train leaves with Prof. Hinkle still on)

Prof. Hinkle: Oh, you tricked me! No fair!

Branch: What's he doing there?

Kelsey: Probably trying to get his hat back, which is not going to happen.

Narrator: "The only thing Professor Hinkle could do was make a jump for it.

(He jumps off, but goes crashing down the hill)

End of Chapter 4