Johnny finally reached Santa’s grotto.

“Ricky said my mom brings the toys on Christmas morning, but you’re real and I can prove it!” he gasped.

“How’s that?”

“Remember the cup of cocoa you drunk dry last year?”

“Yes?”

“I put three sugars in that cup, and my mom hates sugar.”

John B. Sinclair is a much-travelled Scot who has now returned to Scotland, where he enjoys freelance writing on a variety of subjects.