Santa Time!

 

          Santa????  Meeee-ow was it really Santa?

          You’re meowing right it was Santa.  The man- the dude- the big guy in the red suit.  He easily landed by the gang and stepped out of his sleight with a huge grin on his face.

          Fuzzy and the gang were in awe.  Big Eddie’s mouth was hanging open.  This was paw-mazing- Santa.  Hank even came out of his haze and snapped to attention.  “Santa!”  he bellowed.  “What are you doing here?”

          Now, that was kind of a stupid question considering Hank was on Santa’s turf.  I mean come on Hank!  You’re a hippo in the North Pole.  What in the meow is the matter with you?  MOL…pawing right along…

          Santa started doing the ho-ho thing which, strangely enough, seemed to have made it really warm.  “Are you the hippo that saved my reindeer?”

          Hank turned red.  It was cute seeing a hippo blush.  Fuzzy whacked him on the back, “Hank, you better answer Santa!”

          Santa didn’t need confirmation he leaned over and patted Hank on the head.  “Thank you, Hank,” he said.  “Thank you for saving my reindeer.”

          Hank was so unbelievably pleased that he did one of his famous hippo dances.  Santa started doing the ho-ho-hos and then looked down at the kitties.  “Did my Snowy Owl tell you about this?”  he asked.

          Big Eddie looked shocked, as did the other kitties.  “How did you know?”  Paws asked.

          The second he meowed that the Snowy Owl suddenly appeared on Santa’s sleigh!