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It all started at the North Pole when Santa was giving 

out assignments. Santa decided to assign two elves 

to the same house because he thought these two 

elves would work well together at a house with 

quadruplets.

The Jefferson’s house 

was already decorated 

for Christmas and you 

could just feel the joy 

inside the house. 

There were four 

children at the 

Jefferson’s named 

John, Bob, Tiffany, and 

Sidney all the age of 

five.   The children 

could not wait until 

Christmas Eve when 

Santa would come to 

bring them presents. 

Just then they heard 

two thumps at the 

front door.   The 

children ran to see 

what the noise could 

be.

They opened the door to run outside and the 

two girls tripped over two boxes! Tiffany and 

Sidney stood back up, and the boys picked the 

boxes up to take them inside and open them. 

To their surprise it was not one but two elves 

on the shelf.   They immediately began thinking 

of names.   Tiffany and Sidney decided to name 

the girl Shelfalina. John and Bob named the 

boy Shelfis.

Over the next few days the elves hid in 

many places such as the Christmas tree, 

on the bookshelf, and in the kitchen. The children 

always seemed to look for Shelfalina first every 

day.

  Each night as Shelfis and Shelfalina come 

back from the North Pole they raced to see 

who could be the first elf to hide at the 

Jefferson’s.   Shelfalina was just a little faster 

than Shelfis and she always got the best hiding 

spots in the house.   One night Shelfis was very 

upset at Shelfalina so he told her that she 

needed to give him an opportunity to hide in 

all of the good spots and she said “No, you just 

need to be faster!”

Shelfis became even angrier with Shelfalina 

after their conversation.   Then he came up 

with a plan to trap her so that he could get all 

of the children’s attention. The next morning 

Shelfalina decided to hide in the closet beside a 

pack of extra ornaments the family could not 

fit on the tree. 

         All of a sudden BANG! Shelfis slammed the door     

       and locked Shelfalina in the closet! “Who’s fast   

   now?” he asked her.   “Let me out! Let me out!” she 

screamed.   “Never!” said Shelfis. 

The family looked and looked for Shelfalina 

until the quadruplets had to go to school.  

Later that evening Shelfis returned to the 

North Pole to report to Santa and then flew 

back to the Jefferson’s house.   Shelfalina 

begged and begged for Shelfis to let her out of 

the closet but he wouldn’t.  

Meanwhile, Santa became concerned about 

Shelfalina because she didn’t report to him the 

previous evening. He decided he should find 

her and make sure she was alright.   Santa 

waited until the children went to school and 

their mom and dad went to work and then he 

jumped into his sled and flew to the Jefferson’s 

house.   When he arrived all was quiet in the 

house.   Shelfis was nowhere to be found nor 

was Shelfalina.

Santa continued to look around the house when 

he heard a small voice coming from the closet in 

the living room. He immediately recognized the 

voice.   It was Shelfalina!   “Shelfalina! What 

happened?” he said as he began to open the door, 

“How did you get stuck in the closet?” “It was 

Shelfis, Santa! Shelfis locked me in here,” she 

exclaimed! Just then, Shelfis slammed the door, 

knocking Santa into the closet too! “Yeah, it was 

me, Santa! I locked her in the closet and now you 

are stuck too!” “No one likes me because you guys 

are always around.   If you are locked up then 

everyone will have to like me!” 

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