Charlie the Great White Horse
and the Journey to the North Pole
Written by: Kenneth Mullinix
Dedicated to: Robert James Mullinix
"Charlie the Great White Horse"
Trilogy of Books
~Book Two~
~Prologue~
In the first book: the small town of Centerville in the heart of Indiana in the early nineteen hundreds was the setting for the magical story of Charlie the Great White Horse and the Story of the Magic Jingle Bells.
It was the story of Charlie the Barnyard Horse and his magical transformation into, Charlie the Great White Horse on Christmas Eve, in Mr. Beamer's barn.
Charlie it turned out was not an old ordinary barnyard horse after all, and in fact, he was born to a long family of brave and very famous horses who, are known as Arions.
These horses are an extraordinary, and mystical great family of horses that once roamed the face of the earth in the ancient times. This breed of, supernatural horses were bred by the Ancients, to solely serve humankind, for betterment and good.
Louis Parks, Chug Martin and Charlie the Horse, had become town heroes by thwarting the horse napping of, Jupiter the Show Horse.
Santa Claus seeing the bravery, and courage that lies within Charlie's heart, offered him a chance of a lifetime to have a spell placed upon him, with the help of a string of Magic Jingle Bells created by Santa, to turn Charlie into the great horse he was destined to be.
In this second book: Charlie the Great White Horse resides at the North Pole in Santa's Village and oversees the workings of the great wrapping machine, the elves, and all the workingmen. Things are running smoothly at the North Pole until the three protagonists that gave Charlie so much trouble in the first book return. The three Missouri Rats are no good crooks that have implemented a sinister plan, have now taken over the daily operation of Santa's Village from Charlie, and might have stolen Christmas's future, from all the children of the world.
As this story unfolds, Charlie has now taken ill at the North Pole, and the magic that lies within the string of Magic Jingle Bells has been broken...maybe forever!
Louis Parks, Chug Martin, and Hot-Tamale Molly have been by fate decreed, to be the saviors of the future of Christmas and have been given the daunting task of returning The Magic back into the string of Magic Jingle Bells. The three brave friends must now embark on a long, and very dangerous trek to the North Pole, to reach Santa's Village before Christmas Eve, before the dwindling magic that is keeping Charlie alive?is no more.
The young adventurers with help from Jupiter the Show Horse and his best friend Apollo get help from the strangest of characters, throughout their protracted, and arduous journey with each giving all the help they can...to save Christmas.
However, mostly they all try to give little Louis the great courage that he will need to succeed at the very dramatic, and climatic ending. We hope you enjoy reading this True Christmas Fable and coming of age story: filled with tried and true family-values and morals, for children (parents and adults) of all ages:
Charlie the Great White Horse and the Journey to the North Pole
~Contents~
Chapter 1 A Square Dance...............................................................................5
Chapter 2 Mr. Beamer's Attic........................................................................18
Chapter 3 Meet Squint-Eye Pete....................................................................26
Chapter 4 The Cornfield................................................................................35
Chapter 5 The Journey Begins.......................................................................43
Chapter 6 Plainsville Population 51...............................................................48
Chapter 7 Red Beard the Pirate and the Great Lake......................................56
Chapter 8 The Captains Dinner.....................................................................63
Chapter 9 A Change in the Weather..............................................................71
Chapter 10 The Great Indian Chief of the Boreal Forest..............................84
Chapter 11 A Visitor......................................................................................96
Chapter 12 The Snow Panther of the Northwest Territories........................109
Chapter 13 Growlar the Cave Bear..............................................................118
Chapter 14 The Polar Gates.........................................................................126
Chapter 15 The Return to Santa's Village...................................................141
Chapter 16 Algar the Elf???....??.....................................................153
Chapter 17 Back to Growlar's Lair..............................................................158
Chapter 18 Nebuka the Terrible...................................................................164
Chapter 19 Black Jack Tilly and the Great Hall..........................................171
Chapter 20 The Great Wrapping-Machine?..............................................180
Chapter 21 Friends Reunited.......................................................................192
Chapter 22 Louis the White???.............................................................198
Chapter 23 Santa Returns to Centerville??........??..........?................207
~Book Three~
Preview ..????........................................................???...............219
Chapter 1 Meet Big Sal...............................................................................220
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