It was that time of year again, snow falling, decorations brawling, hot cider calling, it was a very good time of year as Hearth's Warming was once again in full swing. This Hearth's Warming was going to be different though for two little alicorn fillies because Shining Armor and Cadance had told them the story of the first Hearth's Warming celebrated in the founding of Equestria and they told it every time Hearth's Warming came around. But, because they had told the story so many times to the kids, they decided to take a break.
Now here was Nathan in his pajamas, his body buried in the covers of his bed, all warm and cozy as snow lightly fell outside the bedroom window. He was already fast asleep and going into the second phase of it where when someone is asleep they cannot hear anything, but this phase of sleep would soon be interrupted because he awoke to the sound of Skyla and Flurry Heart (who's crib had been moved into his room) giggling over pure excitement about Hearth's Warming being in five days.
Nathan gave a small giggle himself at the sound of seeing his sisters being happy "All right y'all ah' know y'all are excited, but we need to get some sleep."
"Skyla too happy to sweep." said Skyla.
Flurry Heart just giggled as her response.
"Well, ah' think ah' know a good bedtime story for y'all." he said as he climbed out of his bed and went over to a small bookshelf containing all kinds of children's books that either he, Cadance, or Shining Armor would read to them. But Nathan had managed to buy one book that they had never heard before, this book was one that he was willing to save for Hearth's Warming Eve, his most favorite Christmas story of all time.....How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss.
"Ah was gonna wait until Hearth's Warming Eve to read this to y'all, but ah' think now would be a good time."
"What stowry Napphan wead?" asked Skyla as Flurry Heart smiled with her cute little face.
"It's called How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss."
"What Chwistmas?" asked Skyla."Who Dr. Seuss?"
"Christmas is a holiday on mah' world similar to Hearth's Warming, only we celebrate Christmas as a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, so what do you say, you want me to read this book?" asked Nathan.
"Skyla wove new book." replied Skyla, Nathan giggled.
"All right, come here you." Nathan said as he pulled Skyla out of her bed and placing her on a chair that Cadance sat in when she fed Flurry Heart her milk.
"You too tiger." he said pulling Flurry Heart from her crib and to the left side of the chair. Nathan sat in the middle and placed them on his lap as he turned on a lamp light so he could see the pages in the book.
"Y'all comfy?" he asked, Skyla and Flurry Heart nodded.
"Okay, here we go." he then opened the book to the first page which showed a giant wreath and a little Who holding it and began to read like a real narrator from a movie.
"Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot.....
"But the Grinch who lived just north of Whoville, DID NOT!"
Skyla and Flurry Heart gasped as Nathan continued flipping pages.
"The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!"
"Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason."
"It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right."
"It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight."
"But ah' think the most likely reason of all, was that his heart was two sizes too small."
Skyla and Flurry Heart continued to listen in excitement.
"But,"
"Whatever the reason,"
"His heart or his shoes,"
"He stood there on Christmas Eve, hatin' the Whos."
"Starin' down from his cave with a sour grinchy frown at the warm lighted windows below in their town."
"For he knew every Who down in Whoville beneath was busy now, hanging a mistletoe wreath."
"'And they're hanging their stockings.'" "he snarled with a sneer." said Nathan as he just performed his own Grinch voice making Skyla and Flurry Heart laugh.
"Tomorrow is Christmas!, It's practically here!"
"Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming."
"Ah' MUST find some way to stop Christmas from coming!"
"For tomorrow, he knew.....
"All the Who girls and boys would wake bright and early. They'd rush for their toys."
"And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!"
"That's one thing he hated! The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!"
"Then the Who's, young and old, would sit down to a feast. And they'd feast! And they'd feast!"
"And they'd FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! FEAST!"
"They would feast on Who-pudding, and rare Who-roast-beast"
"Which was something the Grinch couldn't stand in the least!"
"Yum food." said Skyla, while Flurry stared with her cute smile.
"And then they'd do something, he liked least of all!"
"Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small would stand close together, with Christmas bells ringing."
"They'd stand hand in hand. And the Who's would start singing."
"They'd sing and they'd sing, and they'd SING!, SING!, SING!, SING!
"And the more the Grinch thought of this Who-Christmas Sing,"
"the more the Grinch thought, "Ah' must stop this whole thing!"
"Why, for fifty-three years, ah've put up with it now!, Ah' must STOP this Christmas from coming....But HOW?"
"Then he got an idea, an awful idea."
"THE GRINCH GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!"
"Ah' know just what to do." The Grinch laughed in his throat."
"And he made a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat."
"And he chuckled, and clucked, "What a great Grinchy trick!"
"With this hat and this coat, Ah'll look just like Saint Nick!"
"All Ah' need is a reindeer......"
"The Grinch looked around."
"But, since reindeer were scarce, there was none to be found."
"Did that stop the old Grinch?".....
"No!""The Grinch simply said."
"If Ah' can't find a reindeer, Ah'll just make one instead."
"So he called his dog Max, then took some red thread."
"And he tied a big horn on top of his head."
"Mean Gwinch!" said Skyla.
Nathan giggled as he continued on the story......