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Look who it is behind the desk!
“I didn’t think we’d get to see him! It is really him, isn’t it?”
Yes, it is. The minotaur is giving out the gifts… wearing a “Here to ho-ho… help!” T-shirt, (grumpily).
And up on the wall behind him is a display of all the tokens.
“Let’s compare. Which ones did we get?” asks Isobel.
Okay… well, we definitely didn’t get them all!
“Congratulations, you’ve found your way through the Grotto… and probably seen Santa! How many tokens have you got? Have a look at this list and see which gifts you could choose.”
Ah well, they do say that the biggest anti-climaxes cost the most.
“Who says that?”
Never mind. Which gift are you having?
“I don’t think we can get any of the good gifts….”
“Well,” grunts the Minotaur, “if you want a better gift, you’ll just have to go round again!”
Oh look – there’s that lost boy. He’s with his mum now, at least[*]… and hugging that massive Games console! How on Earth did he get that?
And here comes Alex the Elf with the Minotaur’s parcel.[**] How did we beat him here?
[*] I assume that slender blonde is his mum? What do you think?
[**] Have you worked out what the Minotaur’s parcel is, yet?