The Story of the Sheep

## Synopsis

Oliver takes Sammie to England to meet his family - his mom, brothers, and sister. Harry asks Oliver to help him by counting the sheep and Oliver brings Sammie along. They realize one is missing and find it in the woods nearby, being held captive by a group of pixies. Clarice finds them and explains she forgot to feed the pixies and they steal sheep when they're hungry. They get the sheep from the pixies and back to its pasture.

## Episode Description

In part 2 of the 3 Days of Christmas, Oliver brings Sammie home to meet his family in his pastoral hometown where nothing interesting ever happens.

## Key Events

* Sammie meets Oliver's family - his mom, his brothers Harry and Liam, and his sister Clarice.
* One of the sheep goes missing and Oliver and Sammie find it's been kidnapped by pixies.
* Clarice finds them and explains the pixies worship her as their queen, but she forgot to feed them and that's why they kidnapped the sheep.

## Summary

Oliver has brought Sammie to the countryside of England. After a long flight, they arrive at a quaint, two-story brick home surrounded by farmland. Oliver asks if she's ready and Sammie admits that she's nervous. Oliver takes Sammie by the hand and leads her through a crumbling stone fence and toward the front door. Oliver doesn't even have time to knock before the door flies open. Standing inside is Oliver's mom. She's a short, round woman who wraps Oliver in a tight hug. She gives Sammie a hug as well. She teases them mildly, turning both Oliver and Sammie's faces bright pink, and brings them further inside.

As they enter, they here some discordant music. Oliver's mom tells them that Oliver's brother Liam is currently teaching a student. Liam has blond hair and a clean-shaven face. He's teaching a young boy how to play the clarinet. They walk through to the kitchen and find a girl, younger than Sammie, with bright red hair that is in a long braid who is taking cookies out of the oven. It's Clarice, Oliver's sister. She's excited to meet Sammie and offers her a fresh cookie.

Suddenly the front door opens and slams shut. Oliver's mom shouts about slamming the door and suddenly a large man that looks almost exactly like Oliver except with 40 more pounds of muscle walks through the doorway - it's Harry, another one of Oliver's siblings. He shakes snow off of his shoulders and it falls to the floor. He greets Sammie and gives her a crushing handshake.

They all begin to set the table and Oliver's mom serves them dinner with a Christmas ham. Sammie still feels a bit nervous - not used to having big, family Christmas dinners - but eventually settles in. After dinner and some conversation, Sammie and Oliver head to bed for the night.

The next day, Sammie is woken up by a knocking on her door. It's Clarice inviting her down for lunch. Sammie gets dressed and joins Oliver, his mom, Liam, and Clarice for lunch. Shortly after, the door slams open and shut as Harry walks in. He asks Oliver if he wants to come with him and help him with the sheep, he says that he thinks one is missing and he needs to count them. Oliver agrees and then Harry says he's going into town to get feed for the sheep, leaving Oliver by himself to count them. Oliver asks Sammie if she'd like to come with him and she agrees.

As they leave, Sammie notices Clarice has a troubled look on her face. She sees her exit into a garage as they leave the house and head to the pasture. Oliver and Sammie hop onto a nearby ATV and Oliver drives them down a dirt road to to the pasture. The walk through the fence and about 50 or so sheep run up to him. Oliver tells them he doesn't have any food and they quickly disperse. Oliver introduces her to 'the flock.'

Sammie is shivering from head to toe. It's 45 degrees out and raining, which feels extremely cold to her as she's never left Florida before. Oliver offers her his coat and then they begin to count the sheep to check if one is missing. Sammie counts 21 and Oliver counts 28. Oliver confirms that one must be missing then. Sammie notices a small tuft of grey and white up at the top of the hill. She points it out to Oliver and they head up to see if the sheep had wandered off.

As they crest the hill, they see the sheep... however it's upside down with its feet in the air, seemingly being carried by something. The sheep disappears into the forest as they approach. There is a trail of lots of small foot prints in the mud. Sammie points them out and they follow the trail into the woods. Ahead of them, they see a small orange glow. They push past a tree and into a clearing. They find a small, extremely small, village in the clearing. The sheep is hog tied in the middle of the tiny village.

There are a group of tiny, powder blue men dressed in leather armor gathered around the sheep. One screams, raises a bow, aims it at her, and fires. Sammie dodges the arrow. One of the other men yells at the one that fired the arrow and tells him to stop. They all hear a noise from behind them and Clarice walks into the clearing, she tells Sammie and Oliver not to hurt them, that they're harmless. She assures the blue men that Sammie and Oliver are harmless as well.

Clarice explains that they're pixies of some kind. She says that she got busy with her woodworking business, forgot to feed them, and that they tend to kidnap sheep when they're hungry. She points out that the little men are actually incredibly strong, pointing out how just a few of them carried one sheep. She also explains that they call her their 'queen.' One of the little blue men shouts that they "worship the Queen." Sammie asks how long the pixies have been here and Clarice says that they moved in about a year or two ago. Clarice turns to Oliver and pleads with him not to tell their mom. Sammie and Oliver both agree.

Clarice asks the pixies to release the sheep and they do. Sammie, Oliver, and Clarice lead the sheep back to the pasture just before Harry arrives. He asks if all the sheep are there and Oliver tells him he must have just miscounted. They head back inside for some hot cocoa. Oliver's mom chats happily about sheep as they warm up by the fire.

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Oliver Allen Evans
* (Mom) Evans
* Liam Evans
* Clarice Evans
* Harry Evans