“Max!”
Now what?
“Max! Come!”
Uh oh. It doesn’t sound like he’s in a good mood. Maybe I can hide until he-
“Max!”
I guess I’d better not.
Here I am, Master. What’s that? What are you putting on my head? Is that a stick? Can I chew it?
Now what are you doing? What’s that? Why are you connecting me to it?
Seriously? You want me to pull that? What do I look like to you?
Ouch! OK! OK! We’re going.
Where, exactly, are we going?
This house? You got it. Wait. Where are you going? Am I supposed to just wait here? When will you be back? It’s so cold out here…
It’s about time. Wait. What are you doing with all that stuff? You don’t expect me to pull this sled with all that stuff on it, do you? Oh bother.
This house, too. Wait. Where are you going now? You aren’t going to get more stuff are you?
Yep. You got more stuff. Lovely. Just lovely. Sure. Load it up. I can pull several times my own weight. Of course, I can.
Another house? Are you trying to kill me?
All right. That’s all the houses. Now where do you want me to pull it all?
Up there! All the way up there? You’ve got to be kidding me. I can’t – Ouch! OK! OK! Up we go.
Huff! Huff! Huff!
Whew!
Huff! Huff! Huff!
I’m getting too old for this.
Whew!
Are we there yet?
Oh, good. We made it. Wow. I’m a lot stronger than I thought.
Now what? What are you doing? Yeah, now that you mention it, I think I do hear something. What do you think it is?
Back down? Why did you have me do the impossible by dragging all this stuff up here if you just wanted to push it back down?
Never mind. I’ll get in back and push. But don’t think for a second that I’m pulling any of this back up.
Whew! There we go. Now what? Hey, that smells good. Is that roast beast? Any chance you might want to drop a slice or three down here?