The Coolidge examiner., 1930-12-19

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H4,UYAN sudden he decided to go
lII~Il into Santa'S workshop
A- The first terrible thing he
did was to lap the paint from a
dolls face. Santa had put great
deal of care into making that doh
for she was to go TO a little girl
who was ill In the hospital. Bitten
thought it the very best paint he had
ever tasted, and as he was alone in
the workshop at the time he contin
ued to lap everything in sight that
had red paint on it. Lap. lap, lap
went his tongue until he had fin
ished a whole shelf full of toys. OF
course Santa was angry, as angry
as such jolly person could be, and
he made Bitten stay in the barn
for three days and three nights
But that is not the worst part OF
the story.
Christmas eve came and all the
reindeer were harnessed and wait
ing for Santa.
Have you all Of your bags,
dear?" asked Mrs. Santa.
"YeS, we have everything and are
on our way TO wish the world a
very Merry Christmas" answered
jolly old Santa.
"Humph," said Bitten to him.
self, land humph again."
The red paint had had a bad ef-
feet upon his disposition. Off they
sped and up, up, up they sailed
through the air. Bitten was going
along beautifully when he suddenly
wondered what Vixen would do if
he, Bitten, should bite his tail.
mot very hard" thought Bitten
to himself. "Just enough to make
him jump"
And as they hurried along that
winters night, Bitten reached out
his funny warm nose and bit Vix-
ems tail-hard. Vixen jumped.
then he kicked Donder, who in turn
kicked the sleigh, upsetting it. Over
1t went and down it went, Santa.
toys and all. Fortunately they all
landed in a soft snOwbank. Santa
picked his snowy self up, put the
toys back in the sleigh and off they
started once again.
The first house they came to was
a lovely cid farm house. Santa and
the reindeer made beautiful land
ing on the roof.
Now while | am goue see that
you behave" said Santa and down
the chimney he went. AS soon as
he was out of slight, Blitzen started
trouble again.
"Dum-dum diddle-dum-dum See
what | can dol" he snOrted, and he
crossed his front legs, stamped his
hind ones and sat down kerplupk
on the roof.
Here, here" shouted Santa. as
he came up the chimney. "yVhat is
the meaning of all this noise? Ii
sounded like an earthquake.
thought every moment that the roof
would cave in. If you can't stand
still on the tops of the houses
shall most certainly leave you on
the ground"
Santa knew that this would be a
dreadful punishment to them all as
theI were very proud of being able
to stand on the tops of heuses.
The next house had a slanting
roof with a peak at the top and
when Santa had gone down the
chimney that mischievOus Bitten
promptly sat down again, kerplunk,
snorting his favorite song, dunn
dunn m-diddle-de-dum. The first thing
he knew he had started to slide and
couldn't get up quickly enough to
prevent sliding all the way to the
ground. Over the roof he went.
dragging the sleigh and his seven
brothers with him. Out of the
chimney came Santa and leaned
over the peak of the roof to call
them.
I'm just about tired of your non
sense tonight" !" said he. Now you
will stay on the ground"
And when in the country, they
stopped at another farm house
that is just where Santa left them.
"Sniff-sniff, sniff-sniff!" A spicy
smell reached the nose of Bitten.
Inch by inch he moved over to
the widow and stuck his head
right in. He proceeded to devour
everything in sight. He ate so rap
idly that the other deer could only
stare and wonder. Pies, cakes,
tarts, jelly and jam all went down
with lightning speed. When he fin
ished he licked his lips, turned
around and pushed back to the
place Santa had left them. When
Santa came out, there they were
as quiet as mice.
"Well, now, that's fine" called
Santa in a CHEEKY voice. "See how
much better things are when you
behave"
Now we all know that it isn't the
best thing in the world to run after
we have eaten great many sweets.
Bitten soon learned this and began
feeling very ill indeed. But feeling
i'll only made his disposition worse.
In the distance he could see a city
and above this city he saw a tall
steeple. AS they raced along near
the steeple Bitten pushed his
brothers over so that when they
passed they were so close you