Big and bumbling, young Eldon is no ordinary elf. Other elves tease him for his clumsiness. An overworked Grandfather Christmas suggests that Eldon go out and find his Life's Work. In a snowstorm Eldon rescues eight young reindeer, lost and separated from their herd. He protects them from the Dogs of Winter, saves them from freezing and starvation, then searches unsuccessfully for their family. Living among them a year and furnishing their needs, Eldon becomes a woodcarver. What does he do with this talent? How will it affect his new friends, the now growing reindeer? Has Eldon forgotten the...