Dasher's Dilemma

What if Santa's Reindeer, Dasher wanders far from home and gets lost in the backwoods  (I don't think there are any woods in the North Pole so maybe Dasher gets himself lost in an endless beach of snow) then, has a fatal encounter with The Abominable Snowman, a polar bear?

     My high school Reader had a very short poem about how a kid named Algie met a bear and got eaten. That poem inspired mine however, in my piece, Algie becomes Santa Claus' reindeer, Dasher.

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          A deer for a bear is only fair

          As a thriller that's a diller's a winner.

          Fair is fair as a deer is dear.

          A belly filler as a tiller's a digger.

          

          Gore came down one fine Christmas night.

          When Dasher took a casual walk

          And wandered thro the beach of white

          Snow-rid expanse off Santa's court.

          The moon glowed gay the stars shone bright,

          And Dasher fell into deep thought.

          One more night then Santa's sleigh ride.

          His last thought before his breath caught.
          
          A deer for a bear is only fair

          As a thriller that's a diller's a winner.

          Fair is fair as a deer is dear.

          A belly filler as a tiller's a digger.

          

          You see, Dasher had been walking,

          Behind enemy lines crossing.

          Th'Abominable Snowman's a-sleeping

          Dreaming reindeer for a feasting.

          Old Dasher he was a-singing,

          Ignorant of devilish scheming.

          How Fate thus makes fools of us all.

          If only he'd seen his downfall.
          
          A deer for a bear is only fair

          As a thriller that's a diller's a winner.

          Fair is fair as a deer is dear.

          A belly filler as a tiller's a digger.

          

          One eye then, two eyes popped open.

          Three eyes then, four eyes were gaping.

          'Tis two Abominable Snow Men.

          He knew not he was the token

          The answer to prayers unspoken.

          For the bears, Christmas'll be smokin'

          But the deer knew not what's cookin'.
          
          A deer for a bear is only fair

          As a thriller that's a diller's a winner.

          Fair is fair as a deer is dear.

          A belly filler as a tiller's a digger.

          

          So, the bears walked up to Dasher

          He almost believed they're Santa.

          But there's two and that's a whopper.

          "Say, you care for a hug, Dasher?

          He stepped back too spooked to answer.

          They hugged him tight, hard and harder,

          Snapped his spine and burst his bladder.

          Dasher bowed and slept forever.
          
          A deer for a bear is only fair

          As a thriller that's a diller's a winner.

          Fair is fair as a deer is dear.

          A belly filler as a tiller's a digger.

          

          

          
          Akpan