Kiwi was sad that Christmas was over. He was still feeling Christmassy. He'd woken up early and gone shopping - he'd decided to have another Christmas party. He wanted to invite his friends, Rabbit and Truffles and decided to go and look for them.
He couldn't see them in the living room. He wanted to ask Merlin, but was afraid to disturb his nap. "Em......excuse me."
Merlin barely opened his eyes. "Mm?" he purred, sleepily. 
"I was wondering if you'd seen Rabbit and Truffles," asked Mr Kiwi."They're around," and with that, Merlin went back to sleep.
"Mmm. I wonder where they can be?"
"They're not in the library."
"Perhaps they're still asleep....nope. They must be up and about."
"They're not brushing their teeth or having a bath.....where can they be?"
The cartoon cups didn't hold any answers.
"Righto. They must be outside, I'm off to find out."
"La la la la."
"Phew, so many steps! I hope they're up here somewhere..."
"I wish I had longer legs."
"There aren't any lights on in the sleepout, they can't be in there."
"Where can they be?"
"I'll never be able to have a Christmas party!"
"So many houses to look in..... surely they must be around here somewhere?"
"Well, since I'm out I'll check the mail - perhaps I'll have some late Christmas cards!"
"La la la la!"
"SURPRISE!!!!" Shouted Truffles and Rabbit, as they burst out of the mail box.
Kiwi was bowled over! Finally, he'd found his friends.
They were so excited they piled through the door at once.
But Merlin shooed them back. "What's all the fuss about?" Asked Merlin.
"Let us in! Let us in! We're going to have a Christmas party!""Well why didn't you say so? Can I come?"
"OF COURSE!" They cried.
Merlin was straight into the left over presents, and the others swung on the Christmas tree branches. What fun!
Mr Kiwi was glad his friends were all together, as it should be at Christmas.
