Curly-Tail got down from the Rocking Horse and said, “I am going to Santa Claus’ work-shop and this Rocking Horse knows the way, who will go with me?”
“I will, I will, I will,” cried the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs in one breath, so Curly-Tail got on the Rocking Horse and rocked away, away, away, and the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs ran on behind.
“I see a light ahead,” shouted the first Little Darling Dog. “I see a light,” shouted the next, and the next.
They came to a little wee house in the woods.
Curly-Tail without waiting for an invitation rocked right in the open door, crying, “Hurrah for Mrs. Santa Claus! Here we are, the whole Curly-Tail family!”
Mrs. Santa Claus was so surprised she cried,
“Ha, ha, ha, ha, by my frilled cap,
I surely must be taking a nap!”
She tried to count the Little Darling Dogs, but they danced about her so fast, she never knew which ones she counted twice, and which ones she never counted at all!