Elvis the Elf's surprise appearance at the school play about Elves

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny mag with five guin news stories. This next story might be my favorite of the year because I just find it hilarious. I share this with my family in real life. So, nine year old Oscar came home from school. He was all excited. He'd been cast in the school play his role Elvis the Elf. But somewhere between the classroom and the front door, they forgot about the elf part. Oscar told the family he was playing Elvis and that his costume needed to be sparkly. Can you see where this is going? His older sister, Jade said, neither Oscar nor the school explain the elf part of Elvis the Elf. So the family did what any confused parents would do. They went online and bought a kid's size Elvis Presley jumpsuit. It fit perfectly.

0:52 They sent them to school in his full Graceland glory. No one said a word. No one even caught this. The cast walks on stage, children are dressed as Elves, and there's Oscar dressed as Elvis Presley. Sister Jade said, The audience laughed, Oscar loved it. Teachers found the whole thing hilarious. They even left this alone during rehearsal. Oscar Leaner the role enjoyed the intention, and that is the tale of Elvis the Elf. Nice job. The rest of the stories today not nearly as funny, but good news for a disabled puppy. The puppy was found tossed in a jumpster. The puppy survived and found a new home just in time for Christmas. Dennis the terrier was discovered severely underweight, deaf, half blind, and covered in injuries. He weighed less than four pounds. The staff says the dog couldn't handle a bat, so they used damp towels to clean him up. His eyes couldn't focus, he couldn't hear anyone approaching. He off any corners or pressed himself against people for comfort. Because Dennis was both deaf and half blind, the team had to create new ways of communicating with him.

1:53 They tapped their feet so he could feel vibrations, and gently tapped his body before picking him up so he'd learned what those cues meant. Once he was stable, he went into foster care and began mapping the house, running around confidently and learning from the occasional collision along the way. The way terriers tend to do. Now Dennis has a forever home. He will be spending his first Christmas surrounded by people who love him. Awesome job. Meanwhile, a woman who lost all four limbs after developing sepsist on a vacation in Spain eight years ago is celebrating something she once thought impossible. She has a new hand. Kim is sixty four. She underwent a fourteen hour surgery in hopes of receiving a double hand transplant, but complications meant doctors could only complete the left one. She says she's over the moon and has declared herself left handed now. I was right handed, but now I just do everything left handed.

2:40 I've even written with my left hand. When she saw her new hand for the first time, she described it as feeling instantly right, perfect, beautiful, like it's meant to be mine. She joked at her husband, Steve, has to buy a new wedding ring and engagement rings because the fingers on her new hand are slightly bigger. She's stunned by how quickly she's gained function. Doctors told her motor skills could take up to a year to return, but she's already brushing her teeth, doing her hair, putting on makeup, and picking things up and feeding herself again. She says, little things like holding a glass of wine without dropping it, lifting an ice cream cone using a fork, Each one has been a milestone she never expected to reclaim. Scientists getting it done. There's a new, quick, easy breath test to detect pancreatic cancer. They're doing trials in the UK.

3:22 An analysis of pancreatic cancer across the UK found that over sixty percent of cases are detected at stage four. At that point, there's not much to be done. The breath test detects volatile organic compounds known as VOCs, that are linked with pancreatic cancer even in early stages. The VOCs travel along the bloodstream and can be expelled in a single breath. Boy, that would be really great if they can figure that one out. In a lot of British news today, the organization England's National Highways revealed how many crazy things show up on the roadside, more than forty nine thousand abandoned objects so far this year. Two items were particularly odd. One was a full sized boat perched on top of a damaged trailer alongside the a forty two, nowhere near open water. Then in November, another officer found something along the M one to eight, a fairground ride sitting on the verge with no sign of why it was there. The police want you to know dispose of unwanted items properly and securior loads before driving.

4:19 A few extra minutes of preparation could prevent dangerous collisions and keep boats and carnival rides from mysteriously appearing on the roadside. And those are your five good news stories for today. I'll see tomorrow.