Example, filled in with our words
Santa Takes a Wrong Turn
Santa had one town LEFT on his list, and it was Pinecone Falls. "Nearly done," he told the reindeer. "Turn LEFT at the water tower and we will be RIGHT on time."
The reindeer turned RIGHT.
"Other LEFT," said Santa, and the sleigh swung ACROSS the sky in a wide loop until the water tower was back where it belonged.
The first stop was the home of Uncle Walt, who had LEFT a plate of gingerbread and a note: "Chimney is stuck. Please use the door on the RIGHT." Santa tried the door on the RIGHT. It was a closet. He tried the door on the LEFT, and there was the tree. He LEFT a snow globe under it and tiptoed out.
Next came Cousin Bea, who lived ACROSS the river. Cousin Bea was still awake, so Santa hid to the RIGHT of the snowman and waited. The light stayed on. Santa shuffled to the LEFT of the snowman. The light stayed on. At last Cousin Bea yawned, the window went dark, and Santa got RIGHT to work.
"Two houses LEFT," said Santa, checking the list. "Aunt Marnie and Little Gus share a fence, so this will be quick."
It was not quick. The gift for Aunt Marnie had slid to the RIGHT side of the sack, and the gift for Little Gus had slid to the LEFT. Santa dug RIGHT to the bottom, found them both, and carried one in each hand ACROSS the snowy yard.
That LEFT only the big house at the end of the lane, where Grandma Dot was throwing a party the next day. Santa set the very last present RIGHT in the middle of the rug, where nobody could miss it.
Back on the roof, he looked LEFT toward the hills, then RIGHT toward the lights of Pinecone Falls. Not one gift was LEFT in the sack. "We got every house RIGHT," he told the reindeer. "Home, please. And this time, when I say LEFT, I mean it."
The reindeer turned RIGHT, and RIGHT again, and somehow they made it home anyway. Merry Christmas to every one of you. Now open the gift in your hands.