Once there were two Dalmatians named Namjoon and Jin. They lived in a snug little house in London. Their owners, Yoongi and Jungkook Jeon, lived with them.
Taehyung, the housekeeper, took care of them all.
Jungkook was a songwriter. He spent hours playing the piano and writing songs.
One day, Namjoon recived some wonderful news. Jin was going to have puppies!
Everyone was very happy. Yoongi and Taehyung couldn't stop talking about it.
At last, the big day arrived.
"The puppies are here!" Taehyung cried.
"How many?" asked Jungkook.
"Eight," Taehyung replied.
"No," shouted Yoongi from the other room. "Eleven. Wait! Fifteen!"
Fifteen puppies!
Jin was very proud.
"Namjoon, you old rascal," said Jungkook, looking at the puppies.
"They'll get their spots when they're a little bigger," explained Taehyung.
Suddenly a clap of thunder shook the house. In swept Yoongi's old friend Cruella De Vil. Her long fur coat trailed behind her.
"I see the puppies are here at last," she said. "I'll buy them all."
"They're not for sale!" replied Jungkook.
Cruella was angry. She was determined to get the pups. "You'll be sorry!" Cruella snapped, as she stormed off.
Cruella drove off in a huff. She wanted those puppies, so she could make a Dalmatian coat!
She came up with an evil plan. Cruella hired Horace and Jasper Badun to steal the puppies.
"As soon as you have a chance, sneak into their house and grab those puppies," Cruella told them. "You must wait until the puppies get their spots," she added. "But then they will be mine!"
Each day, the puppies grew bigger. And each day, they got more spots!
One night, after the puppies went to bed, Namjoon and Jin went to the park. They took Jungkook and Yoongi with them.
But as soon as they went out, Horace and Jasper went in!
Jasper locked Taehyung in the attic. Then the Baduns stole all fifteen puppies!
When Jungkook and Yoongi returned, Taehyung told them what had happened. Jungkook called the police. But the police couldn't find the puppies.
Jin and Namjoon were very upset.
Then Namjoon had an idea. "Let's try the Twilight Bark," he said. "It's our only hope."
Namjoon went outside and barked in a special code. "Yap and yip and yelp, yelp, yelp! Fifteen puppies need your help! Calling all hounds, yippers, and yappers. Please help us find their cruel kidnappers."
The message passed from dog to dog. It woke up Towser, a bloodhound who lived way out in the country.
A message from the city," Towser explained to Lucy the goose. "An important one too! I'd better tell the folks on the farm."
Old Towser's barking woke up a cat named Sergeant Jimin.
Jimin told Captain, a horse to wake up Colonel Hoseok the sheepdog.
Hoseok pricked up his ears. "Fifteen spotted puddles were stolen!"
"I think that's puppies, sir," said Sergeant Jimin.
Jimin remembered hearing some barking at the old De Vil place.
"Nonsense! That house has been empty for years," said Hoseok.
"Not any longer," Captain said. "There's smoke rising from the chimney."
"Then we'd better investigate, Jimin," barked Hoseok.
They went to the old house.
Sergeant Jimin slipped into the house.
What a surprise! He saw ninety-nine Dalmatian puppies! Fifteen of them were huddled in front of the TV.
"Those must be the ones!" Jimin said. He raced back to tell the others.
Hoseok sent a message. Dog by dog, the message was passed from the country to the city.
"Listen, Jinnie!" said Namjoon. "It's the Great Dane. He has an answer for us."
The two Dalmatians raced to meet the big dog.
The Great Dane told the, where Sergeant, Colonel, and Captain had found the puppies.
"We must go at once!" cried Jin.
When they reached the country, Sergeant Jimin and Colonel Hoseok were waiting for them.
They sneaked into the old house.
"What does Cruella want with all these puppies?" they heard Jasper ask.
"She says she's going to make them into a coat," Horace answered.
"A dog-skin coat?" cried Jin. "How cruel!"
Jin counted the puppies. "There are ninety-nine puppies here!" he said.
"We must take them all home with us," Namjoon said. "Let's go."
Sergeant Jimin led the way. Horace and Jasper didn't see them leave. They were too busy watching TV!
The Dalmatians followed Jimin to the barn. But they weren't safe yet.
Finally, Horace and Jasper noticed the puppies were gone. The Baduns followed the dogs' tracks in the snow!
"Here they come!" shouted Jimin.
"We'll hold them off," Captain told Namjoon.
The Dalmatians escaped out the back door.
And Captain gave the Baduns a swift kick in the backside when they came through the front door!
Namjoon and Jin led the puppies through a snowstorm.
Suddenly Namjoon heard a car. "Quick, hide!" he urged.
The dogs his under a bridge. Luckily Horace and jasper didn't see them.
All the puppies were tired and hungry.
"My nose is froze!" whimpered Lucky.
Just then Namjoon heard a friendly bark.
"Follow me," said a collie. "I have a place for you to stay."
The collie led them to a warm barn.
Some friendly cows gave the puppies plenty of milk to drink.
Soon ninety-nine puppies were fast asleep in the hay.
Namjoon and Jin thanked the cows and the collie.
"Tomorrow morning you can go to the village," said the collie. "A Labrador Retriver will meet you and show you how to get home."
The next morning, Namjoon and Jin continued on their way.
Namjoon knew that Cruella would be looking for them. He tried to brush away their tracks with a branch.
But Cruella saw the tracks. "They're headed for the village!" she shrieked.
When the dogs reached the village, the Labrador was waiting for them. He led them to an empty blacksmith's shop.
"A van is leaving for London soon," he said. "There's room for all of you."
But Cruella and the Baduns had reached the village too. "Find them!" she shouted at Horace and Jasper.
The dogs were trapped. "Namjoon, how will we get to the van?" Jin whispered.
Just then Lucky said, "Patch pushed me!" He was covered in soot from the furnace.
"He pushed me first!" Patch whined. He was covered with soot, too.
Namjoon turned his head and saw the dirty puppies, which gave Namjoon a idea.
He rolled in soot. "Look! I'm a Labrador. Come on, Jinnie. Let's all be Labradors!"
Soon all the Dalmatians were covered in soot.
"We're going to fool the nasty lady!" said the pups, giggling.
The van was getting ready to leave.
"Better hurry," said the Labrador.
One by one the puppies were put in the van. They almost made it-but the last puppy became stuck in the snow.
The melting snow from the roof washed off the soot!
"There they are!" Cruella cried.
The van pulled away in the nick of time!
"After them!" Cruella shouted.
Cruella drove to fast for the slippery road.
"Watch out!" cried Horace.
But it was too late.
The cars crashed and rolled down a hill. Everyone landed in the deep, soft snow.
But the cars were smashed to pieces!
Back in London, Yoongi and Taehyung were decorating the Christmas tree. Jungkook was too upset to help. They all missed the Dalmatians.
"Sometimes, at night, I think I hear them bark," said Taehyung. "But it always turns out to be a dream."
"Wait!" cried Yoongi. "Did you hear that bark?"
Taehyung flung open the door. A large black dog jumped on Jungkook and covered him with kisses and soot.
"It's Namjoon and Jin with their little ones!" cried Taehyung.
Then Yoongi and Jungkook noticed the room was filled with dogs-one hundred and one Dalmatians to be exact!
"Whatever shall we do with them?" Yoongi asked.
"We'll buy a big place in the country," said Jungkook. "A Dalmatian Plantation!"
As Jungkook played the piano, everyone was filled with happiness. It was a very merry Christmas after all!
THE END