Not surprisingly, the post office was loaded with people trying to mail off Christmas gifts and cards.

"But Dad, I just don't understand something," Cindy Lou said as her father rolled around on the ladder to put items into the proper boxes. "Why won't anyone talk about the Grinch?"

"You kids an the Grinch..." Mr. Lou Who sighed as he worked. "You see, Cindy, the Grinch is a Who, who, well... Is actually not a Who. He's... He's more of a-"

"A what?" asked Cindy.

"Exactly, honey!" Mr. Lou Who replied. "He's a what who doesn't like Christmas. Take a look at his mailbox, sweetheart."

Cindy then took a look to see that it was empty and unattractive.

"Not a single Christmas card, in or out," Mr. Lou Who continued. "Ever."

"That's gotta suck." LJ commented.

"But why?" The girls asked.

"Well-" Mr. Lou Who was about to explain, but he was interrupted by impatient and frustrated customers. "Uh... I'll be right there. All right, we'll straighten this out." he then smiled nervously as he had to leave the kids alone now.

"Hello, Cindy." An elderly couple known as Josiah and Mariah, smiled.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Who," Cindy smiled back and curtsied to her best friend's grandparents. "How are Obediah and Bethiah?"

"Oh, they're doing just fine." Josiah replied.

"It's nice to see you two." Cindy smiled.

"And it's nice to see you, Cindy Lou Who, you are absolutely precious." Mariah beamed to the young Who.

LJ rolled his eyes. Cindy Lou smiled and waved to them before coming back to her new friends.

"Alright, so whaddo we have to do here?" asked LJ.

"I usually help Dad sort the mail or place presents where they need to go," Cindy Lou said. "Something weird is going on though, I don't think I've seen this happen before with mismatched presents and letters."

"Somebody is messing with the mail," LJ replied. "And I think I know who!"

"Would you mind helping me out?" Mr. Lou Who asked his daughter, handing something to her. "Take this to the back room, honey, but be careful of the sorting machine, right?"

"Yeah..." Cindy Lou replied before looking over. "Come on, guys."


And so they followed her to the back room. There were bells and alarms ringing as they came to the back room. They all looked around until they found something on the floor which looked like a mask of a Who's face, but who would need it?

"Someone who wasn't a Who!" LJ realized. "And I think it's clear who it is!"

"Totally." Akito added like a detective.

They soon heard a sneeze and someone saying 'gesundheit'. Cindy Lou soon looked up and screamed to see a green man carrying a dog as they were hiding against the wall together to avoid being seen, but they had been found out.

"Of course..." LJ smirked. "Mr. Mean Green himself."

"Hello, Jolly Mean Giant." Akito glared.

The Grinch soon dropped down, glaring back slightly while Cindy Lou looked scared to see him up close.

"The-the-the..." Cindy Lou stammered.

"The-the-the," he mocked. "THE GRINCH!"

"Oh, called it." LJ nodded.

Cindy Lou screamed and ended up in the sorting machine.

"Well... That worked out nicely." The Grinch smirked.

The dog glanced at him.

"Yeah, Jim Carrey was a great casting choice." LJ shrugged.

"I'm not sure I know who this Jim Carrey fellow is, but he sounds amazingly talented and awesomely hilarious, especially as a pet detective," The Grinch shrugged before he was about to leave. "Max, let's go. Our work here is finished."

The dog soon chomped on his butt.

"Gah!" The Grinch yelped before glaring at his dog. "That is not a chew toy!"

"I think he wants you to pull her out," LJ shrugged. "Just talking from context."

The Grinch growled at him.

"I think it's the only way to get him off of you, sir." Estelle smirked with her siblings.

The Grinch sighed and rolled his eyes as Cindy Lou screamed for her dear life. "Bleeding hearts of the world unite!" he then groaned while saving the Who girl. "There! Give me that!" he then glared as he swiped his mask out of her hands. "Don't you know you're not supposed to take things that don't belong to you?! What's the matter with you, you some kind of wild animal? Huh?!"

"This coming from the guy who's freely switching the mail," LJ snorted. "Plus, you dropped it, so... Yeah."

The Grinch soon walked off with his dog who finally let go of him once Cindy Lou was helped.

"Thanks for saving me." Cindy Lou piped up.

"Saving you?!" The Grinch laughed. "I was merely making sure you were properly packaged!" he then proceeded to wrap her in wrapping paper and tape before he switched some of the envelopes around and left.

The kids tried to stop him, but he soon did the same to them before he decided to take his leave. The kids then muffled as they were stuck together and wrapped up as Mr. Lou Who came to look for them since they had been gone for quite a while.

"You know, I get the feeling his hate is... Justified." LJ commented.

"It's like what Jeanette Miller said about that bully from the school she and the others went to," Estelle said as she poked her head out. "He must come from a very unloving family."

"I dunno, but I think I might need to do some work." Cindy Lou suggested.

"What the hey...? Kids?" Mr. Lou Who asked as he soon helped them out.

"Dad, it was amazing!" Cindy Lou gasped to him.

"You've been practicing your Christmas wrapping," Mr. Lou Who smiled to her. "I am so proud of you!"

"Um... Sure..." LJ shrugged.

"Now that's holiday!" Mr. Lou Who beamed.

"Sweet little Cindy and her new friends didn't know what to do," The narrator's voice spoke. "In their heads, bumtumbled a conflict or two. 'If the Grinch was so bad, then why did he save us? Maybe he wasn't so bad'. Maybe... Just maybe."

"Come on, let's go home." Mr. Lou Who told his daughter.

"Alright." LJ shrugged.

"Don't you kids have your own homes to go to?" Mr. Lou Who asked his daughter's new friends.

"Oh! Right!" LJ nodded. "C'mon, crew."


They soon left the post office as Euchariah was going home with his grandparents, and they waved as they passed by.

"Oh, Cindy Lou Who... I wish I could tell you how I feel..." Euchariah sighed to himself.

"The kid has got it bad for her." LJ sighed.

"I'm sure we can help out eventually... But where can we stay for the night?" Estelle wondered.

"Good question..." LJ replied. "Too bad I don't have an answer..."

"I'd say we could go with Cindy Lou Who, but... Will it work?" Estelle shrugged.

"It's worked before." Akito said to his twin sister about them blending in for an adventure.

"Looks like we haven't got a choice." LJ replied.

The others shrugged and they soon followed Cindy and her father home that night.


"No lights on at the house," Mr. Lou Who said to his daughter as they got out of the car. "Your mom must be shopping."

"Perhaps... Or maybe she's gearing up for that lighting competition." Akito replied.

Suddenly, the lights came on in front of the house.

"Called it." Akito then said.

"Oh, good, I'm so glad you're home!" Cindy's mother smiled to her husband. "Oh, I can feel it, Lou. This year, when everybody asks who has the most spectacular lights in all of greater Whoville, they're going to cry out 'Mrs. Betty Lou Who'!"

"I can already see the electric bill for this month-OVER NINE-THOUSAND!" LJ replied, mimicking a scouter being crushed.

"It looks amazing, ma'am." Zofia added to be polite.

"Oh, thank you, dears." Betty smiled.

"Uh, isn't this the chandelier from the dining room?" Lou asked his wife as he found something outside.

"It's all for the cause, dear," Betty replied. "Oh, and Cindy, could you be Mommy's Little Helper, and unscrew the bulb there from the refrigerator? Somehow I missed that one."

"Just like Snoopy and his doghouse decorations..." LJ sighed.

"Classic." Akito and Estelle added.

"Every year, Martha May Whovier, has the best lights," Betty muttered to herself. "Well, not this year! This year, I'm gonna beat that prim, perfect, little prissy-"

"Betty!" A woman's voice called from next door. "Hi!"

"And lo, the competition." Zofia commented.

"Martha!" Betty gasped.

"My, I've never seen so many Christmas lights, Betty Lou." Martha smiled.

"I'd blow every fuse if I tried to keep up with you, Martha May." Betty replied.

"Brace for impact..." LJ gulped, plugging his ears.

"What's that thing?" Estelle asked, seeing a shiny, silver thing.

"Oh, this? Isn't this antique darling?" Martha smiled as she showed it. "It's hand-crafted, and almost 100 years old!"

"Oh, please, I'm really impressed." Betty muttered.

"This, however, is new!" Martha smiled as she unveiled some sort of contraption.

"That's some sort of light-blasting machine!" LJ commented. "It's big and it's new and it's awfully mean!"

"Incoming!" Akito called out.

The kids soon ducked down and covered their ears as Martha used the machine to decorate her house with while Betty just stared in envy and disappointment.

"That must have cost a buttload..." LJ gasped.

"I'd believe it." Vincent replied.

"Well, good night, Betty!" Martha smirked as she soon finished her house and went inside for the night.

"I imagine that humble pie tastes like defeat?" LJ asked.

"Poor Cindy's mom." Estelle frowned.

Cindy Lou sighed as she came inside her house and put up her coat. "I just can't wait for the holidays to be over so I can think about something important, like school..." she then said to herself.

"At least ya get a break..." LJ shrugged. "These adventures are a full-time job... But a fun one!"

"You guys are very different..." Cindy Lou smiled. "I like you."

"Thanks!" LJ grinned. "You're alright, too!"

"I guess you're staying over?" Cindy Lou asked.

"Looks like it." Zofia replied.

"Well... I guess that would be okay..." Cindy Lou said. "Do your parents know you're here though?"

"Yeah, they know," LJ nodded. "We called them on the way over."

"Well... Okay then..." Cindy Lou said. "I just wanna make sure."

"We got it all covered." Vincent replied.

"Great," Cindy Lou said. "Also, would you mind if I found out more about the Grinch? I know there has to be more to him than meets the eye."

"Sure! Sounds like fun!" LJ replied casually. "Maybe we could even get that Euchariah kid to help too!"

"Well, of course he might," Cindy Lou smiled. "He's my best friend."

"Maybe he'll become more someday." LJ smirked, trying to hint at something.

"Huh?" asked Cindy Lou.

"Nothing..." LJ smirked.

"Well... We better get some sleep," Cindy Lou suggested. "It's been a very long day for all of us. Come on, I'll help you guys get settled in for the night." she then said, leading them inside to get ready for bed.

"Alright then..." LJ nodded, as he and the others followed behind.

They were all given spare pajamas which seemed to fit them okay. Cindy Lou then patted down her nightgown as she got ready for bed with them as it was late in Whoville. And so, they all went to sleep. Cindy Lou had trouble sleeping as she thought about Christmas before she soon fell asleep with the others.