Wow, that was an interesting experience. I just walked out my front door to look at the trees blowing in the wind and right in front of me was a reindeer. I was shocked. Apparently the reindeer was too because it didn't move a muscle. We just stood and stared at each other. The only thing I noticed about it were how beautiful its antlers were. They were like small delicate branches all intertwined together, creating a beautiful masterpiece atop its head. A big gust of wind blasted me from behind and I took a step forward. "Strange," I thought. "He didn't even move when I did." The wind had woken me from my trance and I took a cautious step towards the reindeer. His antlers swayed a bit. "He must have seen me." I took another step. He tilted his head forward and one of his antlers brushed my face. It felt odd, not like I would imagine an antler feeling. It actually felt sort of smooth, yet poky at the same time. A bit like a christmas light. I looked closer at his antlers and realized that it was a christmas light. In fact he had christmas lights tangled all inbetween his majestic antlers. "Poor reindeer," I whispered softly "How did you get yourself in a mess like this?" "Here, hold still, I'll help you." I gently untwined the lights from his antlers all while wondering how he knew to come to me for help. As I pulled the last string off, I noticed he wore a tag around his neck. "Dasher" It said. "Could this be? One of Santa's reindeer?" Dasher tossed his head, glad to be free of his burden. He started walking across my lawn but then turned back to look at me. He gave me what looked like a smile then he tossed his head again and leapt into the air. As he flew away I waved and whispered to myself, "Merry Christmas, Dasher and thank you for bringing back to me the one thing I wanted for Christmas. My imagination."
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