Santa’s reindeer disagreed on where to go for their
yearly vacation. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, and Donner
wanted to go to a warm and sunny beach. But Blitzen had his heart set on seeing
penguins in the South Pole.
“Snow, snow, snow. All we see is snow. We need warm
beaches,” said the group.
“But penguins are the cutest animals ever!” said
Blitzen.
Santa overheard them arguing. After telling him what
the problem was, Santa lay his finger aside of his nose and laughed so hard his
belly shook.
“But you can go to Brazil! They have penguins on the
beach.”
The reindeer looked at each other.
“Um, okay, Santa, thanks for your input. We’ll just be
going now,” said Dasher.
They sauntered away and Dancer said, “All those milk
and cookies have gone to his head. He has gone totally crazy.”
“Penguins on a beach. Wow, where did he come up with
such a silly idea?” said Prancer.
While they went to play reindeer games, Vixen snuck
away to her computer. Within minutes she had made a discovery. She soared back
to her friends.
“Listen up! Santa is right. There really are penguins
on the beaches of Brazil.”
The reindeer looked at each other again.
“Then what are we waiting for? To Brazil it is!” said
Comet.
Reindeer pack light, so they were ready to go the next
morning. It was time for lunch when they came to a landing at a Brazilian
beach.
“Sand is hot and gruffy on my hooves. I love it!”
Cupid said.
The reindeer lay on their backs and scratched their
fur in the sand.
“What are you doing?” cried Blitzen. “We have to find
those penguins!”
“But we want to play first,” said Donner.
“Wheeze! Well, I am off to discover penguins,” said
Blitzen.
And he stomped off to find the cute black and white
birds.
Blitzen searched all along the coast. He looked in
beach caves, galloped around meadows, and even flew over the nearest town.
There were no penguins anywhere!
He slumped back to his friends.
As he rounded the bend, he could hear singing and
laughter. And there to his wondering eyes did appear, seven reindeer and eight
penguins!
A penguin was teaching Dasher how to run, jump and
slide on his belly in the shallow sand.
Another was showing Dancer how to float on her back;
with her long legs, it didn’t work too well.
Prancer was diving off a boat dock with a penguin
buddy. Prancer is a great diver, but no one can compete with a penguin.
Vixen had a penguin on her back and they were chasing
waves. The penguin kept yelling, “Ride ‘em cowboy. Woo hoo!”
Comet and his new friend were rolling down sand dunes.
The penguin was doing an excellent job with his roly-poly body.
Cupid and Donner were playing Frisbee with two
penguins. The penguins were surprisingly good with their short flipper arms.
As Blitzen was watching his friends play, a penguin
waddled over to him.
“You must be Blitzen. Your friends told us about you.
Want to learn how to surf?”
“Surf? With a penguin? Wow, this is the best vacation
ever invented,” said Blitzen.
When Blitzen stood up on his surfboard, all of his
friends cried out, “Yey, Blitzen! Hanging four!”
So next time you go to a beach, be on the lookout for
reindeer and penguins. Because who knows where they will vacation next.
