This is a cute story. It would be a great story to read to a child who is moving away close at Christmas time.
You need to go edit the spacing. Your spacing is way off. You must have copied and pasted this -- it's a good idea to always check your item after pasteing.
I have a few suggestions below. These are just my suggestions. Please use them as you see fit.
Now this was very upsetting to Jake because he
would have to leave all of his friends and they were moving away from all his family.
This shows the spacing problem I was speaking of. Your whole story is like this. Also, you may want to reword this a bit:
Now this was upsetting to Jake because he was moving far away from all of his friends and family.
Jake(')s Mom
nothing to worry
about because Santa
nothing to worry about. Santa
Now Jake was a very resourceful young man and he decided that he would just
have to write Santa Claus a letter after they had found a new house to give Santa his new
address, however, Jake didn’t know Santa’s address.
Jake was a very resourceful young man. He decided that as soon as they were moved into their new home, he would write Santa with his new address. But Sadly, Jake realized he didn't know Santa's address.
they left for their new
town and new school and new house Jake
they left for their new town, school, and new home, Jake
Jake
wondered and thinking for a long time Jake snapped his fingers and exclaimed,
Jake wondered for a long time. Snapping his fingers, he exclaimed,
Chris Cringle
I always thought this was spelled the old english way.
Kris Kringle (I'd look it up and make sure)
Jake his Mom and Dad had seen what he was
doing and thought how best to rectify the situation.
Jake, his mom and dad (only cap when using in place of a name) had seen what he was doing; so they tried to decide what they could do to help him.
Jake’s Mom was little(,)
explaining things decided
explaining thing, he decided
“Smells good(,) Mom.”
“Mom(,) can I ask
pretty serious, have
pretty serious. Have
after we
move so do you
after we move. Do you
“If you think that is the way to go about it then I would be more than happy to
help you, but, if you ask me I happen to know for a fact that Santa will be able to find
you regardless if you send him a letter or not.”
"If you think that's the best way to go about it, then I will be more than happy to help you. But if you ask me, I happen to know for a fact, that Santa will be able to find you whether you send him a letter or not."
“Mom you say that Santa can find us because of the star but
"Mom, you say that Santa can find us because of the star, but
had helped eases your
had helped eased your
in the boxes(,) because
Christmas star or a Christmas angle
Christmas star, or a Christmas angel,
“Okay well now I won’t worry about it any more.”
Okay. I'll try not to worry about it anymore."
little talk we had helped eases your mind now
little talk we had, helped to ease your mind. Now
After to moving
“I know(,) but I
and Grandma(,) so I
“Goodnight Jake(,) I love you.”
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