They slipped through the doorway and rushed over to the couch. Eddie peeked around the edge to watched as Santa settled down at the table. The kitchen door swung gently closed and Eddie turned to Lou but he wasn’t there. He looked around until he saw Lou near the tree walking towards a cat.
“Lou!” Eddie whispered loudly looking from Lou to the kitchen. “Lou! Stop!”
Lou looked at Eddie but didn’t stop moving and accidentally stepped on the cat’s tail. He quickly picked his foot up but it was too late. The cat howled and raced towards the tree.
“Oh, no!” Lou looked sheepishly at Eddie then raced toward the tree. The cat leapt into the tree knocking decorations to the floor but the presents cushioned their fall and none broke.
“Come on Lou, help me get these back on the tree before Santa comes out.” Eddie scrambled to pick up the decorations.
The cat hissed at the elves who nervously scurried around trying to re-decorate the tree, but with each move the cat made, more decorations fell off the tree. A noise came from the kitchen and Lou and Eddie perked their heads up and froze.
“I think that was Santa.” Eddie stated.
“Oh, no! What do we do?” Lou asked nervously.
Eddie tried to think for a moment but the kitchen door started to open. “Quick, into the bag!” Eddie yelped.
They both dropped the decorations they were holding and jumped into Santa’s bag. They held their breath as they heard footsteps approaching.
“Oh, dear.” Santa said in wonder. “Now, what happened here?”
The two elves nervously huddled together as they heard the tree rustle. There was a loud ‘Meow’ as the cat jumped down from the tree and landed in Santa’s arms.
“Ho, ho, ho. So that’s how the decorations got knocked off.” Santa said with a smile, petting the nervous cat until it calmed down. “Here you go, now run along and let me put these back on the tree.” With a twinkle of his eye, the decorations returned to their proper branches so that it looked as it had when he first arrived. Another soft ‘Ho, ho, ho’ and Santa picked up his bag and returned to the roof. He placed the bag on the back seat and gently slid off the roof and into the air. The elves let out a sigh of relief as they felt the cool air of the outdoors.
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