Arthur Christmas Page #5

...present. 47785...

...BXK....

"Gift undelivered"?

They got nothing?

A child's...

...been missed!

Not necessarily.

A child's been missed!

Wanna wake up the North Pole?

Good idea. A child's...

-...been missed!

-Arthur!

Everything all right?

There's been a glitch.

"A glitch"? We've missed a child!

Really? Dear, oh, dear.

That's awful.

How did you let it happen, Steven?

How did l--?

l thought it was your mission.

-No. This is your department.

-What'll we do?

We must-- We must--

-What must we do, Steven?

-There's nothing to do.

The mission was a success.

We can't leave a child

out of Christmas.

Sunrise at destination...

...is 7:
39 a.m. There's no way

to get there in time.

Except, of course, for the S-1 .

-The S-1 . Right-o.

-No! The S-1 ...

...has just traveled 7 million miles.

We could damage it.

Oh, dear.

-And risk the lives of the elves.

-Oh, my. No.

l'll go, sir!

Bryony Shelfley...

...Wrapping Division. Grade 3, sir.

-Who asked you?

-l wasn't called up for field duty.

l served out my mission

in Gift Wrap Support.

l wrapped 264,000 presents

in three days, sir.

lf you want that bike delivered...

...in a perfect state...

...of enwrapment, then l'm your elf.

No one is going.

lt's impossible.

-But this child--

-lt's a...

...margin of error

of 0.00000001 514834 percent...

l mean, hello?

Where's the champagne?

My department has delivered

the most outstanding Christmas ever.

Well done, us.

But there's a child without a present.

Arthur, Christmas is not a time

for emotion.

We will get 47785BXK a present...

...within the window of Christmas.

We'll messenger the item.

lt'll be there in five days.

But that'll ruin the magic.

lf there was any way at all

to make the drop tonight....

But it can't be done.

Your brother...

...knows about these things.

l won't sleep easy after this, Arthur,

but there it is.

Can't be done.

Merry Christmas.

Arthur! You're compromising...

...the wrapping! That is not...

...a toy! Well, it is...

...but, l mean, that's not--

Arthur!

Oh, come on, come on...

...come on. Child 47785BXK...

...where are you?

"Dear Santa, my friend

doesn't believe in you.

For Christmas l'd like

a pink Twinkle Bike.

Gwen Hines.

23 Mimosa Avenue,

Trelew, Cornwall, England."

Lights out.

This figurehead thingy:

l'm not just a fatty with a suit, am l?

Of course not, dear.

No. l'm Santa.

Children...

...rely on me.

Here.

Thank you. lt's just checks

for the boys and cash for Father.

Oh, Malcolm.

lt's the 2 billion other gifts, dear.

Christmas has become...

...such a mad rush.

Until you retire.

Retire?

Sit next to Father,

watching Steve on TV?

You are sitting on

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