Santa's Reindeers

This post is something for the children.  It is not always easy to keep children amused as Christmas gets nearer and nearer.  Here I have written a story about Santa's Reindeers and if your children would like to read similar animal stories I am quite proud of this section in my website which you can see here:-
http://www.getwellversed.com/animal-poems-for-children.html

Santa’s Reindeers

Santa has nine reindeers who pull his sleigh through the sky
But boys and girls have you ever wondered - why?
Why he had nine because one does not have a mate
However many years ago it was known Santa had only eight

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen
Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen
Yes these are the names of Santa’s original eight
So how about Rudolph indeed what was his fate?

Because of his glowing nose Rudolph was an outcast
All of the other reindeers shunned him and just walked past
But then one very foggy Christmas eve Santa did not know what to do
How could he get around all the boys and girls the fog was just like glue

As he delivered presents to Rudolph’s bedroom
In the dark he noticed Rudolph’s nose shone through the gloom
Santa said “dear Rudolph will you light my way?
Your nose will help the other reindeers to drive my sleigh”.

Rudolph became a hero no longer shunned and ignored
His glowing nose was famous and he was given loud applause
So that was how Santa’s eight reindeers became nine
and why it is that Rudolph with his glowing nose is the leader of the line.

by Margmax 2012