11 Reindeer Recovery

CHAPTER 11 REINDEER RECOVERY

Jill points the sleigh towards the treehouse. Fortunately, Zoe Zizzerzopolous doesn't live too far from us, so we're home in almost no time. It's easy to tell our tree apart from all the other trees in the forest. As well as the fact that it has a Christmas light on every leaf, it's the only tree with reindeer in the branches. Jill lands the sleigh on our observation deck. 'Well, that was fun,' she says. 'Now let's untangle those poor reindeer.' 'I'm on it,' says Terry, jumping into the cockpit of the GRABINATOR. 'I'll set it to super-dainty grabbing so I don't hurt any of them.'

The GRABINATOR daintily grabs Dasher… and Dancer and Prancer… and Comet and Vixen and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen… and, of course, Rudolph. 'There we go,' says Terry. 'All safe and sound.'

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'It's so nice to meet you, Rudolph,' says Jill. 'Sorry we had to leave you in the tree, but time was very tight.' Rudolph nuzzles her face, which, although I don't speak reindeer, I'm pretty sure means, That's okay, I understand.

'Wow,' says Terry. 'That's Rudolph—Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer!' 'I know,' I say. 'It's so exciting to see such a famous reindeer in the flesh, and look at that nose—it really does glow!' 'It sure does,' says Jill. 'And it's also going to help us identify the real Santa.' 'How?' I say. 'If Quizzy the quizzical quizbot couldn't