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RUDOLF’S GUIDE TO REINDEER 2

RUDOLF’S GUIDE TO REINDEER

Anyway, Santa got wise once Blane came along and now all the reindeer are specially trained after Blane hand-picks us from the reindeer pre-school gym club. There are always a few back-up teams in case something should go wrong with the main team and all new male reindeer are called after us. So there’s Rudolf generation 1 down to the current Rudy who has just been picked and he’s generation X.

Of course all of us original guys have a special kind of magic so that we will never die but we do get a bit sick now and again which is when another generation deer takes over. It is possible for us to break bones and Donna had a really bad accident a few years back, she ended up having to lie flat on her back for a whole year! Poor girl. She was okay though, as she loves to eat chocolates and watch daytime TV. She quite enjoyed the rest and came back re-energised and ready for action.

Naughty tricks on Santa.

Although our job is very important we still have fun. Every year we like to play tricks on Santa.

Top Five Reindeer Games

Spin the penguin
Chase the elf
Antler aerobics
Pin the tail on the polar bear
Tan your hide

One year we hid his sack full of toys, another year we put the sleigh on backwards – what a hoot! We’ve even unteathered our leads to the sleigh and taken off without him. Blitzen put a hedgehog on his seat on Christmas Eve 1924, it was hilarious! My favourite was the year we tied huskies to his sleigh instead and hid in the snow waiting to see his reaction – there were many Ho Ho Ho’s that Christmas Eve!

Santa plays a good few jokes on us himself! Last year as well as loading on to the sleigh all the presents he put a sack full of weights as well! We were trying for a good 10 minutes just to take off!

Anyway, it’s nearing Christmas now and we’re all in preparation – there’s lots to be done! No doubt we’ll be passing over your place very very soon. Hope all you little boys and girls have been nice this year!

Next time you leave out a plate of cookies for Santa remember all the deer that are working so hard to bring your pressies too and leave out a bit more for us than a mouldy old carrot would you?!

Happy Christmas!

RUDOLF’S GUIDE TO REINDEER 1

RUDOLF’S GUIDE TO REINDEER

“I’m the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolf. Sure I have a red nose but I’m really famous for my baklava which Santa and the elves can’t get enough of. Anyway, let me tell you a little bit about what it takes to make a special reindeer and some other stuff…”

It’s tough to be a reindeer

Okay, it’s not all about Santa you know. Us reindeers have to work really hard all the year round to make sure that the sleigh gets up there in the sky. He’s a big guy old Santa and it takes a lot of muscle to keep up the speed as we pull the sleigh, toys for several million kids and the bulky guy himself all around the world.

We have a fitness instructor who’s actually related to Coach Shane. Shane likes the sun but great great grandpa Blane came out to the snowy North Pole many many years ago ‘cause he couldn’t stand the heat. So he did not (as Sunset Cove history documented) die in the Second Sunset War.

Blane changed the way that reindeer are perceived by people today. Before he came along we were fed oats and water and just allowed to run loose in the fields behind the ice palace.

Blane taught us the importance of saunas, mixing our diet and playing ice hockey and volleyball as much as possible. He also convinced Santa to build a gym behind the swimming pool area and made sure that the elves sewed some decent tracksuits for us to wear when we’re working out.

The reindeer games were invented and Blane trained the winning team, led by my good self. That was how the gang that pull the sleigh got chosen in the first place. Before that Santa just used to call on any old deer to help him out over Christmas and things sometimes went really wrong.

Like the time Santa and his deer crashed in the Andes and had to eat the wrapping paper to stay alive. That was the year that kids all over the world thought that they had been really bad ‘cause Santa never showed up and they grew up with major chips on their shoulders and became non-believers. What a nightmare that was. And all because those dumb deer didn’t know their left from their right or their up from their down.”

THE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD. 2

THE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD.

Ten things you can do to make your Inner Child feel accepted:-

1. Play hopscotch at every given opportunity.
2. Demand that your veggies are puréed at restaurants.
3. Flick custard at the neighbours (cold, lumpy custard works best)
4. Throw a huge tantrum at least once a month.
5. Make some mud pies.
6. be rebellious – don’t wash behind your ears for 7 days.
7. Cuddle your favourite snuggly and suck your thumb.
8. Paint with your fingers.
9. Tell your Mom you love her.
10. Tell your Mom you hate her.

If you embrace your Inner Child you will have a more rewarding life and will remember how much fun it can be to mix your ice cream with lemon curd and put ribbons in your dog’s fur.

Embrace your Inner Child as Sophie clearly has!

Listen to the advice of your Inner Child, they have been there, done that and know every trick in the book. They can really help you out of a sticky situation if you ask them for their advice. But remember to be nice to them and they’ll be glad to help. They might actually ask you to play a quick game of patty cake before they help you but they will help you!

THE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD. 1

HE INNER CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE INNER CHILD.

I am the Inner Child. You all have one, you just choose to ignore yours most of the time.Well here I am to stand up for the rights of the Inner Child! Read on.

So one minute you’re a baby, dribbling and pooping your pants. And the next you can walk, you can talk and you’re yelling at your Mom.

Did you ever stop to think what happened to that cute little bundle of babey wabeyness that used to be you? Why you went on to throw aside your chewy toys and your postperson pamela books? And why you sometimes, just sometimes can hear that little voice in your head telling you to throw custard at the neighbours or jump on the bed and pretend to be the Silver Lining?

Well let me tell you this. In your rush to get older and be independent you left your Inner Child behind. Yeah, I know it’s harsh. Believe me, I know. To be trapped inside yourself and to be ignored. It’s just not rude!

Okay, so here’s the deal, what do you think you’d be without your Inner Child? Well I’ll tell you. You’d be an old fuddy duddy fogey with your knitting needles and your blankie over your knees. You’d be hobbling down to the Bingo Hall every afternoon (after your nap) to catch up with all your other fogey friends.

Violet’s Inner Child is intact, why else would she dress like this?!

Your Inner Child is the one that reminds you to have fun! Reminds you to let your hair down every now and again. And reminds you to enjoy life to the max.

So here’s to all those Inner Children out there, ignored and unloved.I say listen to your Inner Child! Embrace your Inner Child! Have an ice cream for your Inner Child!

We will we will not be moved, we will we will not be moved…

THE ATLANTIS HIGH GUIDE TO WHACKY PARENTS 2

THE ATLANTIS HIGH GUIDE TO WHACKY PARENTS

The Vermonts

Woah! Octavia sure has some spaced out parents. Mrs Vermont is like a robot, “yes dear”, “no dear” and not much in between dear…..

Apart from trying to sell everyone some country goodness and telling people they “can’t handle the truth!” there’s not much more to be said.

Commander Vermont on the other hand is OTT (over the top). His army of men running around the garden is music to his ears and catching aliens is the best thing since sliced bread.

The Montana’s

Josh Montana is from a very wealthy family. The Montana’s have been in Sunset Cove for generations. Josh’s parents are often overseas on big business trips (or so they say). But no one knows what they do. They fly here, there and everywhere and make millions of dollars doing it. All with the utmost secrecy. Rumours went around the Cove that the Montana’s sold rare tiger fingernails, but nothing has ever been proved.

Josh loves what money can buy him. The other day he offered a girl the real “Balls of Nantucket”.

The Marigolds

Jet’s parents were hippys from out west. They used to travel the country in their van, stopping for protests and gatherings along the way. Jet was a bouncy baby girl in their first years on the road.

To make money for gas they would creep into farmer’s paddocks for cow pats and make cleansing lotions out of them.

They stopped in Sunset Cove one day and Jet didn’t want to leave. It was the weirdest place she’d ever seen and everything she wanted.

Her parents still drop in now and again to Sunset Cove to sell their famous cleansing lotions.

What would you do if you found out your parents weren’t who they said, or who you assumed they were?? Could you ever recover from the knowledge that you had been misinformed all this time? Do you think it would affect the future for you?

Well there’s a secret in store for you… keep watching Atlantis High to find the most bizarre, wild and whacky secrets of all as the story of Atlantis High in Sunset Cove unfolds!