Glossie

Before the work was completed Glossie and Flossie were back from the Forest, having been granted permission by Will Knook to make the journey with Claus provided they would return to Burzee by daybreak the next morning.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

It is true that when Claus released his steeds from their harness the eastern sky was streaked with gray, but Glossie and Flossie were deep in the Forest before day fairly broke.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

In the East the day was breaking, and turning to the edge of Burzee he saw Glossie and Flossie just disappearing in the Forest.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

` ` Call Glossie and Flossie, '' returned the Master.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

` ` Good gracious! '' exclaimed Glossie; ` ` then we shall not be home by daybreak, and the Knooks will punish us and never let us come again. ''

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

Will Knook, the chief guardian of the deer, came to him, surly and ill-tempered, to complain that he had kept Glossie and Flossie beyond daybreak, in opposition to his orders.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

At last the supply of toys was exhausted and Claus seated himself in the sledge, with the empty sack at his feet, and turned the heads of Glossie and Flossie toward home.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

I shall set the stinging gnats on Glossie and Flossie, and they will thus suffer terribly for their disobedience. ''

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

They were Racer and Pacer, Reckless and Speckless, Fearless and Peerless, and Ready and Steady, who, with Glossie and Flossie, made up the ten who have traversed the world these hundreds of years with their generous master.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902

` ` The Frost King has breathed on it, '' said Glossie, coming up, ` ` and the surface is now as solid as ice. ''

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Lyman Frank 1902