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Show I A CASE OF I I COMPETITION I 4 ?s jjij iF SOME one would only g j$ take us out and exercise Sjt us!" growled Blitzen. ?1 "Here we stand In the g ?S stable month after month and B Santa hardly comes near us. jsi j I've almost forgotten how to U race with a cloud or land on "i? ..) a roof." &S S5 "I know it," agreed Donder if, from his stall. "For three years now our master has ta- jl ken his presents around the fj "j; world in a flying machine. "I'm fed up with tills dull f 1 UfeI" 1 ?i( "We're no good to anyone," S M declared Comet. "I wonder if jij the children mhis us?" jS M There was a long silence In g t the stables. Then suddenly & jjj the doors were flung wide. A Sg s little round man in a red p coat bounced in. p "Come on, come on!" he tg si called. "Jump fast Into the harness. We're going on our pt rounds in five minutes! I've f had ten million letters from k E children saying they can't ft 5 possibly go to sleep Christ- p 5 mas eve unless they hear my j reindeer pounding on the roof. $3 Off with you !" S The sleigh zipped out of the h 5 stable in a twinkling. "After all," said Santa, "I tlilnk my g reindeer are better tlian air- k planes. They never have en- glne trouble. Get up, Donder 1 Jis Go on, Blitzen!" fi The bells jangled, the reins ; slapped, the sleigh swept forth f ;jf on its age-old journey. Mar- S f tha Banning Thomas. . Western Newspaper Union. |