Pongo and Perdita led the puppies through a snowstorm.
Suddenly Pongo heard a car. "Quick, hide!" he urged.
The dogs hid 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 Pongo 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.
Pongo and Perdita thanked the cows and the collie.
"Tomorrow morning you can go to the village," said the collie. "A Labrador Retriever will meet you and show you how to get home."
The next morning, Pongo and Perdita continued on their way.
Pongo knew the 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. "Pongo, how will we get to the van?" Perdita 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.
Pongo turned his head and saw the dirty puppies, which gave Pongo an idea.
He rolled in the soot. "Look! I'm a Labrador. Come on, Perdy. Let's all be Labradors!"
Soon all the Dalmatians were covered in soot.
"We're going to fool the nasty lady!" said the pup, 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 cried.
Cruella drove too 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, Anita and Nanny were decorating the Christmas tree. Roger was too upset to help. They all missed the Dalmations.
"Sometimes, at night, I think I hear them bark," said Nanny. "But it always turns out to be a dream."
"Wait!" crie Anita. "Did you hear that bark?"
Nanny flung open the door. A large black dog jumped on Roger and covered him with kisses and soot.
"It's Pongo and Perdita with their little ones!" cried Nanny.
