He suddenly realised two things.
One thing was that he was on the path that led over Yule Creek on the way to the castle, Yule Keep. And that meant going over the bridge and paying the troll. And that price wasn't cheap; it was deer. And no matter what the weather, it was reindeer...
The other thing was that heading towards him were two of his least favourite members of the herd. One of them was Luke Slike, who usually just ignored Rudolph completely. He wasn't Rudolph's problem. But Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names and never let poor Rudolph join in all the reindeer games.
Suddenly, Rudolph had an evil idea. "Hey, Olive Oyl!" he yelled. "Can I join in the spelling bee that's about to start up at the Keep?"
Olive turned to her companion, "Yule bee, Lukey? Why wasn't I told?!" and, with a cold glare at Rudolph, said "No red noses allowed!" and trotted off towards the Keep without a second thought. Across the bridge...
"Well," thought Rudolph when the bone-crunching sounds stopped "she _used_ to laugh and call me names..."
