Post by greenie on Jan 6, 2010 18:51:03 GMT 10
Title: Friend
Rating: PG
Prompt: Sled
Summary: Little Goodwin unexpectedly finds a new friend while sledding.
“Please please please can we do it again?”
Mattes lifted her off him and carefully set her down on the snowy ground before getting up himself and picking up the sled. “Of course!” he told her. “Race you to the top!”
He let her win, of course, and chuckled as she clapped her small hands with glee.
“You ready for another go?” he asked once he had himself settled on the sled.
Little launched herself onto his lap, and his feet lost the precarious hold they had on the snow-covered slope. The two of them went flying down the hillside on the sled, Little shrieking with laughter, and went even further than they’d managed to before. The sled hit a small bank of snow and sent both of them flying, Mattes managing to twist around in midair so that he landed beside Little rather than on top of her. “You alright?” he asked, hoping that he wouldn’t have to return an injured or upset daughter to Clary. She wouldn’t be pleased.
“I landed by a frog, Uncle Matty, look!” She pointed beside her.
“Keep quiet so you don’t scare him,” he told her as he bent down beside her.
“How do you know it’s a boy?” asked Little. “Don’t you have to look at its icky boy bits before you know it’s a boy?”
“Of course frogs are boys, everyone knows that. They’re actually princes that got turned into frogs by angry mages, and they’re waiting for a pretty lass to give them a kiss to turn them back into a prince.”
Little nodded wisely. “Uncle Jewel told me a story about that once.” She looked at the frog. “Uncle Matty, am I pretty?”
“Of course you are!”
Little grinned and scooped up the frog, holding it tightly in her hands. “So I just kiss the frog and he turns back into a prince?”
Mattes nodded. “Well, maybe not straight away. He might be a bit shy.”
Little frowned and kissed the frog. Nothing happened. “He must be shy,” she agreed. “But that’s alright, because the princess in Uncle Jewel’s story let the frog live with her for a while first. I’ll just take him home and give him kisses every day so he isn’t as shy.”
Mattes chuckled and then thought of something. “Just keep him away from your mama.”
“Why?”
“Well…your mama’s pretty too, you don’t want her to give him the kiss that makes him a prince, do you?” Little shook her head, her eyes wide, and Mattes grinned. He was safe from Clary’s wrath…for now.
Rating: PG
Prompt: Sled
Summary: Little Goodwin unexpectedly finds a new friend while sledding.
“Please please please can we do it again?”
Mattes lifted her off him and carefully set her down on the snowy ground before getting up himself and picking up the sled. “Of course!” he told her. “Race you to the top!”
He let her win, of course, and chuckled as she clapped her small hands with glee.
“You ready for another go?” he asked once he had himself settled on the sled.
Little launched herself onto his lap, and his feet lost the precarious hold they had on the snow-covered slope. The two of them went flying down the hillside on the sled, Little shrieking with laughter, and went even further than they’d managed to before. The sled hit a small bank of snow and sent both of them flying, Mattes managing to twist around in midair so that he landed beside Little rather than on top of her. “You alright?” he asked, hoping that he wouldn’t have to return an injured or upset daughter to Clary. She wouldn’t be pleased.
“I landed by a frog, Uncle Matty, look!” She pointed beside her.
“Keep quiet so you don’t scare him,” he told her as he bent down beside her.
“How do you know it’s a boy?” asked Little. “Don’t you have to look at its icky boy bits before you know it’s a boy?”
“Of course frogs are boys, everyone knows that. They’re actually princes that got turned into frogs by angry mages, and they’re waiting for a pretty lass to give them a kiss to turn them back into a prince.”
Little nodded wisely. “Uncle Jewel told me a story about that once.” She looked at the frog. “Uncle Matty, am I pretty?”
“Of course you are!”
Little grinned and scooped up the frog, holding it tightly in her hands. “So I just kiss the frog and he turns back into a prince?”
Mattes nodded. “Well, maybe not straight away. He might be a bit shy.”
Little frowned and kissed the frog. Nothing happened. “He must be shy,” she agreed. “But that’s alright, because the princess in Uncle Jewel’s story let the frog live with her for a while first. I’ll just take him home and give him kisses every day so he isn’t as shy.”
Mattes chuckled and then thought of something. “Just keep him away from your mama.”
“Why?”
“Well…your mama’s pretty too, you don’t want her to give him the kiss that makes him a prince, do you?” Little shook her head, her eyes wide, and Mattes grinned. He was safe from Clary’s wrath…for now.