Preview

Blitzen: A Short Story

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
209 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Blitzen: A Short Story
“Rudolf, get your delightful reindeers to come here and run like the wind because we are going to be late for delivering the presents!” Santa exclaims. But Blitzen doesn’t feel well and does not want to go on the journey with them. He feels as sick as a puppy. Santa says, “Reindeers never take a break on Christmas Day. Reindeers have to rapidly be ready to run. Just sleep on my sleigh the whole ride.” says Santa, “Time flies, we’ll be done in no time.” “Fine Santa, I’ll do it.” Blitzen replies sorrowfully. As they are soaring through the inky sky, Santa ignores sick Blitzen behind him and Blitzen falls out of the sleigh into the chimney of Scrooge’s house. Oh, is Scrooge angry! He calls the police right away, but right after he dials

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Late one Christmas Eve, a boy boards a mysterious train: The Polar Express bound for the North Pole. On Christmas morning, the boy finds the bell under the tree.…

    • 385 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    It was just going to be a simple scavenge at an abandoned military base. It seemed safe enough. There was a pack of old bandages in one of the crates, however, most of them were already rotten. Heading towards the 5-ton, the gorgeous M939 U.S. Army truck, he rummaged under the hood for a good battery back in its day it was probably used to carry personnel and supplies to destinations all across this land. Now it lies rusting, quietly whispering war stories in its carcass, waiting for someone to listen.…

    • 617 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Frogdg Research Paper

    • 371 Words
    • 2 Pages

    FrogDog is done decorating his mountain. He is ready to send his letter to Santa Clause. FrogDog wrote “I know I ask this every year…

    • 371 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Scrooge is a very grumpy, old man. The text refers to his frosty rime on his head, meaning, he had light grey hair. Scrooge had thin eyebrows and spoke shrewdly with his wiry chin. Scrooge was a glum, isolated man that thought Christmas was an overrated event. He only really cares about business and himself. This is so much so the text directly states he struggled to let his employee off work for Christmas, but when he did he gave him half pay. But he was met by his old, dead business partner as a ghost. The ghost told him that he was going to witness three spirits that will help redirect his dark ways. He was so very dark that on page two it suggests that the dogs that guide the blind say, that no eyes at all are better than evil eyes,…

    • 167 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Scrooge met the ghost and takes him to see the people that are making fun of him. The people say that they don't want him to stay and eat.The ghost said you shouldn't have grown angry over your friend. The final ghost will meet with you…

    • 278 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Meanwhile, Across Town... Narrator: Meanwhile, across town... Everybody: Every Who Down in Who-ville Liked Christmas a lot... Student 1: But the Grinch, Who lived just north of Who-ville, 1/2 Class: DID 1/2 Class: NOT! Everybody: The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. Student 2: It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right. Student 3: It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. Student 4: But I think that the most likely reason of all Everybody: May have been that his heart was two sizes too small. Everybody: BUT! Student 5: Whatever the reason, Student 6: His heart or his shoes, Student 7: He stood there on Christmas Eve, Everybody: Hating the Whos, Boys: Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown At the warm lighted windows below in their town. Girl: For he knew every Who down in Who-ville beneath Was busy now, hanging a mistletoe wreath. Boys (Grinch): "And they're hanging their stockings!" Girls: He snarled with a sneer. Boys (Grinch): "Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!" Girls: Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming, Boys (Grinch): "I MUST find some way to stop Christmas from coming!" Everybody: For, Tomorrow, he knew... Everybody: ..All the Who Girls: Girls Everybody: and Boys: Boys Everybody: Would wake bright and early. They'd rush for their toys! And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise! Student 8: That's one thing he hated! Everybody: The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! Everybody: And THEN They'd do something He liked least of all! Student 9: Every Who down in Who-ville,…

    • 498 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Come in! No need to be afraid!” so then he walked in the door the ghost was on a tall, stacked up, present tower the ghost said “Touch my robe!” so Scrooge touched his robe and the tall stack of present began to fade into the ground and the ground became a movie like tv and it showed fred party. fred said it’s a vicious animal it is not a bear, dog, cat, giraffe, shark and freds fiance sister yelled out “ooh i know! It’s your uncle ScroOooOOOooOOoooge! And Fred said yes! Scrooge was shocked but the ghost laughed crazily O_o then the ground changed to a another family party it was the Cratchits party it showed Martha hiding in a closet and when the dad comes home (Bob Cratchit) and Mrs. Cratchits says “Martha won’t be coming home today” Bob was disappointed Martha couldn’t stand him like this she appeared and Bob was so happy to see her. Mrs. Cratchit put out a big delicious goose and tiny tim was the one Scrooge was worried about he asked the ghost “will he survive?” the ghost replied “ I’m afraid there a spot reserved for tiny tim” Scrooge was so scared that tiny tim was gonna die then the ghost started laughing crazily like super crazy (I had to leave the room with a pillow over my ears then I came back in the room when it was over) the ghost pulled up his “robe” (I was thinking omg O_o he has such hairy leg eww!) and it showed two childrens ( they reminded me of gollum idk why XD) one was named hated and the other was named poor (i think?) then all three of them,Ghost, two gollum XD, they disappeared into the floor and turned into the next…

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Displacement was shown between the Grinch and his dog, Max. The Grinch used his anger about the feelings he had for Christmas towards Max. Max was defenseless, he couldn’t protect himself from the Grinch. Max was forced to become the reindeer to the sled and pull heavy bags of presents. Max was also in charge of throwing the heavy bags of presents on the sled while the Grinch was stealing them from the houses.…

    • 648 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    At the same time that Santa permeated magazines and overshadowed Christmas, other famous figures appeared to promote the holiday. In January 1939, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by Robert May of Chicago. At this time, the United States still struggled to climb out of the Great Depression, and businesses scrambled to turn a profit in a floppy economy. May’s company, Montgomery Ward, commissioned him to write a quick Christmas-themed book that could cheaply and effectively win the hearts of children. With this thought in mind, May created a small book, only 89 couplets, that included borrowed lines from Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and theme’s from Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling”. Rudolph’s 32 page tale became a gimmick for children; a promotional gift awarded to children who visited any of the department’s 620 locations. The store gimmick worked; the department store handed out 2.4 million books in 1939 and 3.6 million in 1946. (Klein) With six million books indirectly promoting the department store, Christmas became a bigger brand in the market, at least for Montgomery Ward. The 32 page book has since been stripped and modified into a short film. Added characters in the film, like the Abominable Snowman and Hermy the Elf have altered the content of the children’s story and have added more labels for commercial markets in future years. These…

    • 2401 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    It is a bitter cold, snowy and blustery Christmas Day. The presents have all been opened and Amy ( my mom) , Luke( my dad), my sister Ally, Abe, and I are enjoying the warmth of the fire place at my house and the smell of the gingerbread cookies. Abe and s only over because his sister won three tickets to the basketball game. Abe wanted to have Christmas with us. As I sit on the couch , waiting for the gingerbread to cook, something bizarre happens, the five gingerbread men crash through the oven and out the door. They are as fast as motorcycles. "How are we supposed to catch them now?!" screams Nick.…

    • 722 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    “Fuck Kian… a man can die fucking with the TV during football season.” Jonas glared at him. He tossed the bones of the Buffalo wing into a bucket near his chair.…

    • 260 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Scrooge And Greed Theme

    • 397 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The ghost of Christmas present takes him to Bob’s house and shows him their Christmas. The turmoil is when Scrooge is confused about how he doesn’t want tiny Tim to die. Then there family thanked scrooge and he was very confused. Then he was showed how poor some people are and didn’t like them that way and was wondering why they were like that. Then he was at his nephew's party and he was still grateful of scrooge.…

    • 397 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The story is about Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. He always sat in his counting-house, friendless and alone. He was not generous with his money. The coldness inside him froze his old face. He carried the coldness with him always, wherever he went. It made his office cold in the summer, and it was even colder in winter. He spent his life in a cold nature. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom.…

    • 787 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Hollywood - trueman capote

    • 1011 Words
    • 3 Pages

    It is getting close to Christmas, but it doesn’t feel like it. Truman Capote is waiting for the bus, and meets P, a lady friend of his, who offers him a ride home. They buy a present for A, and drives to his home. And here the story ends with A’s father saying: “merry Christmas, children”.…

    • 1011 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    A True War Story

    • 521 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In the chapter “How to Tell a True War Story, by O’Brien , O’Brien tend to use a lot of surrealism throughout the soldier's stories. When the soldiers tell their story they tend to add things to it to make the story seem more fascinating to those listening to it, which leads to it having surrealism in it. However, that’s when people start to question if it’s actually true or not true , that’s an answer nobody really wants to know. O’Brien stats, “ A true war story is never moral.” It does not instruct nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior.”(65) The story basically tells itself , it will leaving one feeling some type of way at the end if true.…

    • 521 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays