The Night They Saved Christmas Page #7

any jokes?

I know a riddle.

Riddles-- oh, I love riddles.

Ask me one.

Okay, let me see.

What's black and white and has

16 wheels?

A zebra on roller skates.

Right!

How did you know that?

Because I have over 100

riddles stored in my memory.

Among other things, the PAL

has been designed to help you

with your homework.

Oh, yes!

But it won't give you

the answers.

No, no. Oh, no.

It won't!

Positively not!

It helps, but it will not cheat!

Well, Dr. Fernando, I'll join

these folks for a quick look at

the factory, and then I've gotta

get over to the stables and do a

final preflight on my sleigh.

Yes, yes.

Of course, absolutely.

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

And it's gotta be made

With love

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

And it's gotta be made

With love

Put a pedal on the bike

Put a smile on the doggy

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

Put your heart in your work

Keep the old man tidy

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

We build dreams to fly

On Christmas morning

And it's gotta be made

With love

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

Gotta be ready by

Christmas Eve

And it's gotta be made

With love

The 11th satellite is almost

loaded.

Wonderful! Wonderful!

The 11th satellite is almost

loaded!

Almost loaded!

You'll be able to take off

right on schedule, Santa!

Good, good!

Santa?

Santa!

The ice fog's lifting.

Wonderful!

Just in time too.

Wowee!

Oh, no, they're starting to

dynamite again.

Then it must be on Site A.

I hate to tell you this,

Santa, but Jim in the radar room

is picking up a lot of activity

on Site B too.

What kind of activity?

He thinks they're large

vehicles-- a whole bunch of

large vehicles moving in there.

What are they?

Explosive carriers.

Oh, no, they're not gonna

dynamite there on Christmas Eve,

are they?

3:
25.

We'll blast in 35 minutes.

Tell all the men to clear the

site, it'll be a go

at 4:
00 sharp.

Yes, sir.

Son.

We're gonna go right back up and

search again tomorrow.

We've got to find them,

Daddy.

We've just got to.

I'm gonna go over and drop

these papers off at

Mr. Murdock's hotel.

I'll be right back.

Dad?

Yeah?

Oh, never mind.

Hello?

Thank you, operator.

Hello?

Hello, C.B.?

Where's your father?

He's on his way to the hotel.

Well, try and catch him.

One of the rigs just came in on

Site A, and it looks like we hit

the biggest damn oil field

you ever saw.

Daddy!

Daddy!

Daddy! Daddy!

Mr. Faulkner's on the phone.

There's oil on Site A--

"the biggest damn oil field

you ever saw!"

I knew it!

I knew we'd hit oil there!

But don't you see?

That proves Mom's right about

Santa Claus!

The oil's exactly where he said

it was.

Not near North Pole City.

It proves there's oil on

Site A, that's all.

But you don't see?

You believed it was there,

and you were right!

Six minutes.

Counting down, five minutes,

54 seconds.

Dad, please listen to me!

I promise to never ask you for

anything again!

I promise! I promise!

Please, listen to me!

I guess I haven't listened to

you much lately, have I?

No, Dad!

All right, I'm listening.

If you had believed us about

Santa Claus, you'd be right too.

And Santa might have rescued

Mom, David and Marianne.

What if they're in North Pole

City when you dynamite Site B?

Okay.

I'll cancel the dynamiting until

we take another look up there.

Now, you wait for me in the

house.

Hello? C.B.?

Mike?

Anybody!

Two minutes.

Still counting down.

One minute, 55 seconds.

Base to Site B, do you read

me?

Do you believe this?

Base to Site B, this is an

emergency.

One minute, 30 seconds.

Terminate the countdown,

do you read me?

Terminate the countdown!

I read you, Mike.

Terminate the countdown.

55, 54, 53, 52, 51...

42, 41, 40, 39, 38...

34, 33, 32, 31, 30,

29, 28, 27, 26, 25...

20, 19, 18,

17, 16...

This is it.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...

Terminate! Terminate!

Terminate that countdown!

Stop!

Michael just radioed.

We struck the big one on Site A!

Dad?

Yes?

You still don't believe we

were with Santa Claus, do you?

I stopped the dynamiting,

didn't I?

Yes-- that still doesn't mean

you believe.

I wish I could, I really do.

But it was real,

I know it was real!

And if it wasn't, then there's

no chance that Santa rescued

them!

Excuse me?

Can I get you two something

before I leave?

Maybe some ice cream?

No, thanks.

Well, I'm off to church

services.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Night, Hedda.

You wanna open one of your

presents?

I understand.

Dad?

Can I sleep with you tonight?

Of course you can.

Daddy! Dad!

Dad!

What is it?

Wake up, Dad!

What's the matter?

Listen.

What?

The reindeer's bells!

The reindeer's bells, I know

I heard them!

I told you! I told you!

Oh, God! Claudia, darling!

Oh, what happened?

Oh!

Here, hold this.

We got to ride in the sleigh,

C.B.!

Santa just dropped us off.

But I wanted to see him.

He didn't have time.

Think of all the deliveries

he has to make.

What-- what happ--

how did-- who--

What, what, what?

What happened?

I had Santa Claus'

communicator with me, and it

does work.

So now, maybe you'll believe me.

I'll never doubt you again.

I knew it, I knew Santa would

rescue you.

Hey!

You should've seen

Santa Claus!

And the reindeer!

Santa was right about the oil

too.

They discovered it exactly where

he said it was.

Oh, I knew you would.

That's wonderful!

Wow, this is the greatest

Christmas ever!

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas.

Wow, what is that?

He's a robot, and his name

is PAL.

And... he's your Christmas

present from Santa.

Hi, Mr. Baldwin.

You know any riddles?

Watch it!

All right, we're gonna have

this out right now.

Why did you stop clearing

Site B?

Excuse me.

Wait a second.

Claudia.

Yeah.

Kids!

So, the search party

did find you!

Hi, Mr. Murdock.

You know any riddles?

What is that?

That's a Christmas present

from Santa Claus.

What?

Mommy, come and look at

these presents.

Who told you about Site B?

Uh, Harold Faulkner.

I radioed him from the office

as soon as I got in.

Did he tell you anything

else?

No, he didn't have a chance.

I, uh, came right on over here.

We struck a gigantic field

on Site A.

Just where Santa said.

You came in on Site A?

Through no fault of yours,

Mr. Murdock.

What is that?!

That's Santa Claus.

There he is, Sumner.

There he really is.

I can't believe it.

Santa Claus!

I can't believe it!

Goodbye, Santa!

Thanks for everything!

See you next year!

Thank you, Ed.

Thank you, Ed.

You're welcome!

You're welcome!

Congratulations, Michael.

You're in for a big promotion.

You're gonna get a bigger house,

you're gonna get a big bonus--

Thanks, but you can keep the

promotion.

Oh, no, no, listen.

Michael, you deserve it, kid,

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