Mossflower

Ice Fights and Other Below Freezing Amusements

It was below freezing outside yesterday (and still is). The car was a source of constant amusement and icicles to Cornflower, who is collecting them in a tupperware container and keeping them in the freezer. Sheets of ice covered the windows and snow was collected on the front.

The house next door has no one living in it and their driveway was solid ice. Up we went on the grass...Whoosh! "Ow!" "Get off!" Cornflower held mine and Mariel's hands and slid down on our tennis shoes and boots. Mariel discovered a frozen puddle by the curb.  She slipped and slid on it.

Today in the back yard...

"I'm a squirrel today, Triss."

"Well, so am I."

"I'm going to be a dormouse."

Mariel the dormouse stayed on one side of the backyard and Cornflower and I stayed on the other. I taught her the "Rules of Ice".

"These ones...Cornflower, look at them... these are fighting size. This little diamond is a calling size. Watch." I buzzed Mariel's blue hood with the inch-wide piece of ice. She stood up and threw one back before turning back to the frozen-solid puddle she was trying to break. "And these are shattering size."

"Shattering size?"

"Watch." A foot-long piece of ice sailed through the air and hit the fence. It shattered into calling size and fighting size.

Mariel threw a calling size at me, quickly followed by a fighter. I threw one back. It hit her hood. She hit Cornflower on the back of the jacket, who threw ice randomly about. I hit Mariel's jacket. She returned one which missed. I then chucked one that I intended to go right over her head. It hit her leg and she threw one at me. "Ouch!"

The "ice-cube-fight" slackened off. Then the sun came out. We glanced at it for two seconds, then realized what it was going to do. "The ice!"

Hoods came off. Everyone pitched in to gather the ice. Shatter and Fighters went into the bunny hutch. Calling Size went into a bucket. Then Mariel complained that her ears were cold. Cornflower (who is pretty smart for someone her size) solved the problem by switching jackets with her. Cornflower's hood did not come off. She used a big white cap and Mariel used her hood.

Of course everyone knows what happened then...

Two minutes later I was reading about Albert Einstein.

Posted by Trisscar Swordmaid

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7:03 AM, Jun. 8, 2007 .. Posted by haffgrim

I love Redwall!! I am reading The Long Patrol. Have you read it? You should check out the Redwall Wiki!! ( The link is on my site.) May I put you on my friends list? Hafgrim.

hey!

11:29 AM, Sep. 9, 2008 .. Posted by Rachsters

Redwall is AWESOME!! Right now I'm reading Loemhedge. =D It's really good.
I love LOTR too!
Your blog is really cool!!
Would you like to be friends??

~Eowyn
Lady of Rohan