 My name is Tim and I'm ever so glad you've come to hear more about my exciting Christmas adventure with Jump Jump of Holiday House. Very holiday, I keep up with the clowns, sleepy slender lion, the port, and Jump Jump, the little elf only three inches tall, and myself, who are up in the frozen country, trying to rescue Hannah's reindeer. They had been stolen by the ice queen, and the closer we came to her palace, the harder she tried to stop us. So far, we had escaped the traps we had set for us. But now we were facing a stampede of polar bears and seals and tendons that threatened to run us down. To make things worse, Little Jump Jump had popped out of Mary Holiday's pocket and was jumping around right in front of the top of the unrushing polar bears. And we were having a hard time catching him. First, he'd don't wriggle out of my head. He'd fight a whole army of polar bears. Yes, Tim, Jump Jump is angry, but the ice queen is trying to prevent us from rescuing Hannah's reindeer. He's so angry he's willing to fight all those animals single-handed. Into my pocket, you go Jump Jump. Yeah, I guess I'd better button the pocket tightly so he can't jump out again. We'd better start running, don't you think Mary Holiday? Those animals will be here in just a minute. No, no, don't run! Don't run! The animals have stopped running now. Yes, they are watching us. I'm a circus clown. I'm a master at training animals. Isn't a polar bear an animal? Yes, indeed he is Archie Partley, but you'd better hurry. You just get behind me, all of you. Come along, sleepy slim boy. Mary Holiday, Jump Jump, everybody. Now imagine that you are at the circus. At the circus? Yes, Tim. Can you pretend to lead the band? Can you imitate a drum? I guess so, Archie Partley. I'll try. That's all right, Tim. Yes. Now, I'll use the bells off of my coat for a whip. All right, animals. Stop. You're going to perform now. The circus begins. Mary Holiday, do you think that's entirely impossible to stop that stampede of wild animals? Well, we have to wait and see, Tim. It's our only chance to escape. Animals are going to do what Archie Partley says. See the waltzing polar bears and sing polar bears in the hall? Archie Partley making those animals perform just as if they were real. Archie Partley's turning sub-results now. Looks like a bright cuckoo. Come on, folks. I think we can slip away now. Now, Archie Partley? The animals, yes. They're having a grand time dancing and performing. All right. They won't notice us if we leave and leave very quietly and don't make any noise. Step softly now. All right? All right, Archie Partley. Come on, everyone. Was that slow? Oh, don't you think we can run for it now? We're far enough away from the animals. They're still doing tricks and dancing. Look at them. Yes. I think we're all right. Yes. I think we can slow down now. Oh, my goodness. What fun. I did have fun. Fun? Well, I don't know about it being fun, Archie Partley. Oh, but you were wonderful. Archie Partley, you saved our lives. You sure did save our lives. We'll never make fun of you again. Well, Tim, I want you to make fun of me. I love to have fun made of me. That's why I'm a clown. Jump, jump. Jump, jump, thanks. I'm funny. That's good. I'll never forget the way those polar bears stopped running toward us and started to dance together. And they say you made those seals clap their flippers. I like the acrobatic penguins best. Didn't they look funny standing on each other's shoulders? Yes, Tim, but we'd better put our minds on being alert again now. Don't forget, we are just about a mile now from the Ice Queen's palace and she might try anything to prevent us from reaching it. I wonder why she is so cold-hearted in me. She is selfish, Archie Partley. Well, that's right. Yes, jump, jump. It's right. She is selfish. Now, let's all be very careful. Watch where you walk. And I think the poet in Sleepy Slamet better walk behind it and keep a sharp eye out because the Ice Queen is lucky to try and surprise us from all sides. Yes, Mary Holiday. That's true. There's nothing she won't do to stop us. Wait till I put my fur clothing on again. Ooh, it's cold. It's cold. Archie Partley, I think it's getting colder as we come close to the Ice Queen's palace. It's lucky you remembered to grab your fur clothing when we ran away from the bed. Yes, it is. Yes, it is, Timmy Boy. Say, that's strange. I didn't see any mountains of ice in front of us before. Did you, Tim? Mountains of ice m- Right ahead of us. What a peculiar thing. Yes, you're right, Mary Holiday. There wasn't anything there a minute ago. I'm sure because I know I-I look to see. Maybe-maybe the Ice Queen put them there with her magic. Tim, do you hear that Ice Queen laughing? She did laugh. Did you hear it? I sure did. And I don't like it all. It gives me the shivers. It seems we always hear them laugh just before something terrible is going to happen. There's something awfully strange about those ice mountains. They-they look just like great big statues. So they do, Archie Partley. Oh, but mountains often look like figures, you know. Hey, I saw that one move. Move? Are you sure, Tim? Are you sure? You bet I'm sure. There, another one moved. See it? Oh, how could I have been so stupid not to realize it once? Realize what? Realize what, Mary Holiday? Those are not mountains at all. No? No, Jump Jump. They are the Ice Maidens. They are alive. You mean those giant warrior women you told us about? The ones who guard the Ice Queen's palace? Last now? When has turned your head? Oh, yes. What a chilly glance. I-I'd rather go back and play with the polar bears myself, I think. I almost agree with you, Archie Partley. What do we do now, Mary Holiday? I don't know. I think we need the Christmas fairies' help again, Tim. Yes, we do. Oh? Isn't that her voice, Mary Holiday? Isn't that the Christmas fairy? Yes. Oh, yes, it is, Tim. But I don't see her anywhere. She must be invisible. I hear her speaking, Mary Holiday. What did she say, Mary Holiday? What did she say? The Christmas fairy said, Do ask Tim to carve Jump Jump a mouse. Why, that's the strangest thing I ever heard of. Why should Tim carve Jump Jump a mouse? I don't know. I don't know. Yes, Jump Jump, I think I know too. Hey, Tim, how do I know? Try, Jump Jump. It's not time to be playing games. Oh, well, well, well, well, well, well, well. Yes, do it, Tim, as fast as you can. Well, I haven't any wood, though. Well, I hate to interrupt, but you'd better hurry, Tim. Those ice maidens are staring at us as if to pounce on us any minute. I still have a bit of whale bone that Eskimo Boy gave me in my pocket. I'll carve a mouse out of that. It won't be a very big one. I don't think it'll be big enough, Tim. All right, I'll hurry all I can. Oh, here's the bone, now for my knife. Oh, those big girls up there, they don't look friendly to me. Oops, I'd hate to have a date with one of them. They are fearsome-looking, Archie Pogli. We only hope they don't rush toward us all of a sudden. So far as I can see, they're just guarding the approach to the ice palace. They have instructions not to allow us to pass by, no doubt. Oh, I only hope they don't attack. Me, here. Hey! I'm hurrying all I can to jump jump. Here's the mouse's head, yes. Now for his body and tail. One of those ice maidens is standing up now. She looks as big to me as the city hall, I guess. She's only 20 feet tall, Mary Holiday, is that all? I hope so. If you finish the mouse, I'm afraid the ice maidens are getting ready to attack us. Oh, now the others are standing up. Oh, Tim, hurry up, Tim, hurry! Oh, Tim, Tim, no, that's good enough, that's good enough. They're coming toward us now. Oh, hurry, Tim. All right, that'll do, I guess. It's not me, but it's a mouse. What do we do? Oh, that's a mouse. Let me out of your pocket. Let me out of your pocket. Yes, jump, jump, I'll let you out of the pocket at once. There you are. I'll put you on the ground next to Tim's mouse. Now hurry, hurry and touch it, jump, jump. Jump, jump, it's touching your mouse. Oh, he's going to bring it to life. Why? Oh, you'll see, Tim, you'll see. There, the mouse is alive. Oh, it's a real mouse. Yes. Oh, look at it scared for toward the ice maidens. Yes, yes. What a sight, what a sight. Oh, look at those great big clumsy ice maidens running away like a bunch of school guys. Ice maidens have disappeared. He just up and ran away as if scared to death. I've forgotten girls don't like mice, but their Christmas fairy hadn't. Well, that took care of the ice maidens, but we still had to actually reach the palace to get into it. So we pushed on right away, hoping to reach the palace in a short while. And I'll tell you what happened tomorrow.