The Shopkeeper’s Wish

‘Wish Star, Wish Star,

Brightly shine

Grant tonight

This wish of mine.

Bring me friends to share this day

Chase my loneliness away.’  

‘Mr Bonn would make a lovely Santa’ Lisette said. ‘He was always so kind to us when he had his sweetshop.’

Mrs Porfitt nodded slowly. Her hands went to the soft velvet still lying on her worktable. A plan was beginning to form in her mind. They still had a few hours before the concert. If she worked quickly she could just about manage it.