Did that stop the Grinch? Ha. The Grinch simply said: If I can't find a reindeer, I'll make one instead.
10 seconds sound clip from the How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:09:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You're a monster, Mr. Grinch, your heart's an empty hole.
- Your brain is full of spiders, you've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch.
- I wouldn't touch you with a thirty nine and a half foot pole.
- The Grinch looked around, but since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found.
- Then he loaded some bags and some old empty sacks on a ramshackle sleigh, and he whistled for Max.
- Giddap.
- And the sleigh started down toward the homes where the Whos lay a-snooze in their town.
- All their windows were dark. No one knew he was there.
[...]