Carefully Lou climbed to the edge of the chimney and jumped in. He landed on the floor and scrambled out of the way just as Eddie came down. They stood up, dusted themselves off and looked around. Santa was by the tree deftly placing presents around it and humming Christmas carols. The two elves snuck over to a nearby chair and gave one last look toward Santa before rushing into the kitchen. They grabbed a couple cookies and stuffed them into their pockets turning to head back to the living room when they heard a noise. Quickly they ducked under the table.
There was a thick, floor length table cloth that hid them but also made it impossible to see who had entered the kitchen. After a few tense moments they heard a funny noise, like loud sniffing. They looked at each other curiously wondering what that odd noise was. It seemed somewhat familiar but they couldn’t quite place it. It grew louder and the table cloth moved. They started to get nervous as the noise went around the table and stopped at a slit in the cloth. The cloth swayed as something pushed against it and suddenly a small, squishy faced Pug puppy pushed through the cloth. The elves sighed in relief as the little dog looked at them with a happy smile and friendly eyes. He pushed through the rest of the way, hurrying over to meet the two elves. He sniffed Eddie and licked his face then turned to Lou. Lou loved animals and was as happy to meet the puppy as it was to meet Lou. He laughed as the Pug jumped on him and licked his face. He pet his wrinkly head and the dog wagged his curly tail in delight. Eddie looked at the tag around its neck and read the name.
“Puggy.” Eddie said. The little dog turned to Eddie in response to its name. He tried to lick Eddie again but Eddie stopped him by scratching behind his ear. The puppy immediately started tapping his hind foot in happy response.
“Aw, he likes you Eddie.” Lou said with a big grin. Puggy turned back to Lou and nudged him for another pat on the head. Lou was happy to oblige. He laughed as Puggy’s tail wagged so hard it nearly knocked him over. He was snuffling and snorting the whole time and Lou was very happy. “Isn’t he the cutest little dog you’ve ever seen?” Lou gushed.
“Yeah, yeah, cute.”
Eddie said nervously peeking under the tablecloth. “Now we need to
think about getting back to the living room before Santa leaves.”
Lou giggled as the dog
continued to lick his face and jump all over him. Eddie looked
around trying to locate Santa.
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