[Cagdu] FW: A Special Christmas Story.

Wed Dec 19 16:13:18 PST 2007

Lisa and Shirley,
A friend sent this to me and I loved it a lot. I am sending this on to you because it is very heart warming. It is a great story.

Hope you enjoy it.

Leaner

-----Original Message-----
From: Juliett Cody <julietcody at cox.net>
To: cagdu at nfbcal.org
Sent: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 8:24 pm
Subject: Re: [Cagdu] FW: A Special Christmas Story.

Thanks Tina, I needed that! It was 
cute.

Merry Christmas!

JC and M 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: 
  tina thomas 

To: cagdu at nfbcal.org 

Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 7:07 
  PM

Subject: [Cagdu] FW: A Special Christmas 
  Story.

This is A vary cute 
  Christmas story.  Merry Christmas 
  everyone. 

Tina and Nina 

 Subject:  

 A Special Christmas 
  Story.

From: Sue Harden.

A Christmas Story.

One bright 
  Christmas Eve, Santa Claus awoke looking forward to taking
to the night sky 
  on his sleigh. He got out of bed, pulled on his hat
and big red coat and 
  opened the outside door to go and visit his
trusty reindeer.

It was 
  snowing and very cold. As Santa approached the stables, he
smiled at the 
  thought that he would soon see Rudolph's red nose
shining through the 
  blizzard. But, oh no, wait a minute; as he turned
the corner, Santa saw not 
  one but nine shiny red noses!

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, 
  Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and
Rudolph were all looking miserable.

"Oh 
  dear," said Santa, "what's up with you all?"

Comet, the reindeer union 
  rep, stepped forward.

"I'm very sorry, but none of my reindeer will be 
  able to do a full
night's present delivery shift," said Comet, looking sad. 
  "This is
the first time we've ever wimped out on you, but we're all 
  feeling
lousy this year Santa and, well, we feel you'd be better off 
  with
some other helpers just this once."

"Comet, this is disastrous 
  news!" Santa held his head in his hands.
"I'm not sure I can get all the 
  presents out to all the little boys
and girls without help from my 
  reindeer."

At this, Blitzen and Prancer stepped forward.

"To be 
  honest Santa, we had always worried something like this might
happen," said 
  Blitzen, sounding very bunged up. "With this in mind,
some years ago 
  Prancer decided to approach another group of magical
creatures with special 
  powers who might be able to stand in during an
emergency."

"Well, 
  Prancer," Santa turned to the other reindeer whose eyes were
streaming, "Do 
  tell me. What is your idea? Which other creatures of
the world have magical 
  powers that can match those of my nine
wonderful reindeer, of whom so many 
  songs are sung and tales are told?"

"Why ... Guide Dogs, of course!" 
  smiled the reindeer. He turned
towards the snowy white plains of Greenland, 
  tapped the ground three
times with his hoof, bowed his head and antlers, 
  then majestically
reared up making a very loud calling sound that echoed 
  round the four
corners of the planet.

Within the space of thirty 
  seconds, a shadow appeared far on the
horizon. As it got bigger, Santa 
  could just make out nine glowing
yellow labradors, picked out in the arctic 
  moonlight as they flew towards 
him.

"This year," continued Prancer, 
  "your helpers will be: Buttons,
Goldie, Honey, Sam, Ben, Max, Anton, Lucy 
  and Lassie."

Santa and his deer stood and stared up at the approaching 
  dogs, who
they could now hear barking. When the dogs landed they became 
  silent;
the only noise was the north wind howling. Santa, awed by the 
  sight,
was about to speak when the leading dog - Buttons - led a single 
  note
chorus of howls as a salute to the reindeer whom they would 
  replace
this year. Happy, all the reindeers saluted back and in 
  unison
returned to their stables.

"Greetings to you, Father 
  Christmas," said Buttons. "Instead of being
with our blind owners this 
  year, we want to bring smiles to the faces
of all the world's children. 
  We're ready when you are."

Santa smiled and beckoned the creatures. He 
  led them to his workshop.
Parked outside was a huge sleigh, loaded with 
  presents of all shapes
and sizes. A small green-clad elf was just putting 
  the last present
on the top; when it was balanced correctly, he slid down 
  and pushed
himself off the side and scarpered back into the warmth. Sam, 
  Ben and
Honey had already positioned themselves at the front of the 
  sleigh
and barked at the other dogs to join them. As they lifted 
  the
sleigh's harness Santa said:

"Aren't you going to take your own 
  little white harnesses off first?"

"Oh no," spoke up Lucy, the smallest 
  of the dogs, "these are our
identity. Guiding is what we do and tonight 
  Santa, we will guide you!"

With the dogs all in place, Santa climbed 
  onto the front of the
sleigh, took the reigns in his hands and boomed 
  merrily at the top of
his voice:

"Go Buttons ... go Goldie ... go 
  Honey!"

The dogs pulled and the sleigh took off into the now clear dark 
  blue sky.

"Moosh Sam, gee up Ben, away Max ... away!"

Lucy 
  turned and winked at Lassie. They were both wondering how their
owners were 
  getting on. They hoped to be back and curled up at the
foot of their beds 
  before they awoke, and chuckled at what their
masters would think if they 
  knew they were flying around the world
helping to deliver 
  presents.

"Lucy, Lassie, noses forward!" Santa's voice startled them 
  into
action. "Anton, stop trying to eat the falling snow," he 
  continued,
before breaking into a very loud and satisfied: "Ho ho ho! 
  Keep
flying, my little guides. This year," winked Father Christmas, 
  "your
dogs will find out what busy really means."

As the sleigh, the 
  jolly old man and the nine magical guiding dogs
reached the horizon and 
  flew towards the first of several billion
houses on the list, Santa knew 
  that the guide dogs had saved the day
and everything would be all 
  right.

"Merry Christmas, one and all!"

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