and Bob decides to operate more by the book.
“Okay, so I’ll change the cow into a guppy.
Better yet, make it a small black puppy.”
Then into the big sleigh each Claus bounds.
Mom and Dad are still making curious sounds:
gasps of surprise and squeaks and peeps.
What is the particular problem that keeps
grown-ups from accepting that magic is real,
that it’s okay to believe in what you feel?
Into the night, eight reindeer take flight.
The big soaring sleigh is a wondrous sight.
Then Santa and Bob call out from on high:
“Yo, Lottie! Yo, Emmy! Goodbye, goodbye!
Believing in magic, you saved Christmas Day.
Keep believing in us after we’ve gone away!”