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It's Christmas Eve, and Andrew is upset. His father won't let him open his gifts early. So Andrew and his little sister, Lindsay, run away to the woods. As they venture deeper into the forest, Andrew and Lindsay hear a thundering, gravelly voice: "Who's s-s-s-sitting on my b-b-b-belly?" It is a troll with orange spiky hair The two siblings receive quite a fright until they realize that the troll isn't mean at all. The funny-looking troll proves to be an incredible gift and makes Andrew revisit his feelings about presents and Christmas.

This first children's book by acclaimed author and Bible translator Eugene H. Peterson is a story that reminds readers young and old to keep their eyes open for God's most surprising gifts. As the troll explains, "Gifts are for giving and receiving, not for grabbing and getting."

This recording also includes The Christmas Story from The Message Bible.

Oasis Audio, founded in 1999, is an audio publishing house that sells a wide variety of genres, including inspirational, self-help, Bibles, non-fiction, children's, and business titles. Oasis Audio currently publishes more than 120 Christian audio titles per year, more than any other audio publisher in the United States.

Eugene H. Peterson, pastor, scholar, poet, and writer, is the author of more than twenty books, including The Contemplative Pastor. He founded Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, and pastored that church for twenty-nine years. He is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and lives with his wife, Jan, in Montana. They have three children and six grandchildren.