franklin decides to use the sleigh to go back to woodland and find bear and beatrice's mother, dr. bear. he eventually discovers that harriet has come along, hidden in the back. rosie the horse, who is pulling the sleigh, is just as surprised as franklin, and runs away, leaving the two young turtles stranded and lost in the woods. back at the farm, jenny finds a note that franklin wrote saying that he is going back to woodland to find dr. bear. mr. and mrs. turtle soon return home from the collies'; they discover what has happened and they and the grandparents become worried about franklin and harriett. meanwhile, franklin angrily scolds his sister for her disobedience, which causes her to break down. franklin then comforts and apologizes to her. harriett then reveals that she has the bell. with franklin's approval, she rings it, and this time two reindeer come. one of them has the same exact bell as the one franklin and harriet have. franklin realizes that the bell must belong to the other reindeer and that this is why he always comes whenever somebody rings it. with the bell back, the original reindeer creates a harness seemingly out of nowhere. with the help of the two reindeer, franklin and harriett soon arrive at the bears' house and fetch dr. bear. back at the farm, jenny and mr. and mrs. turtle decide to split up and try to find the children. rosie returns to the farm and they all see franklin, harriet, and dr. bear arrive by sleigh. dr. bear gives grandfather turtle a cast for his leg and also returns sam to franklin, much to his delight.