Episode 25: Kira's Snowy Day
Kira yawned as she woke up and rolled towards the window. I wonder what we'll do tod- She stopped midsentence, wide eyed at what she saw outside. Lita? Brenna? Starshine? What happened to the world outside? It has all this white stuff on it!
Lita was out of bed in a heartbeat. It snowed last night!
Really? Brenna was impressed. I thought we'd only get a dusting or maybe an inch....
"I guess that means I can't go out to the breeding center today to help get ready for the Christmas Gala." Kimi sighed. "It's okay though--the Gala's not for another week."
Can we go play in the snow? Lita begged, gesturing to the snowflakes that were falling outside the window.
Please? Brenna joined in.
"Wake Starshine up and eat breakfast first, then we'll go play." Kimi replied. With that, she left the room to start breakfast for herself.
Kira hurried over to where Starshine was sleeping and gave her a gentle nudge. Starshine! Look outside!
What's all the fuss about? Starshine asked with a yawn. She turned to look outside, where her sleepy grimace turned into a joyful smile. Yay! It snowed!
Kimi says that once we eat breakfast, we can go play in it! Lita smiled as she led the way into the kitchen.
An hour or so later...
Kira glanced at the tiny snowflakes falling around her. I wonder how snow is made...
When it gets too cold for rain to fall, the rain freezes, making snow. Brenna explained, motion for Kira to come look at a black card she was holding that was dotted with snowflakes. If you look at snowflakes with a magnifying glass, you'll see that no two snowflakes look the same. She reached in her coat pocket and offered Kira the magnifying glass. Want to see?
Yes! Kira glanced through the small magnifying glass, amazed at the number of shapes and patterns the snowflakes made. Wow...they're so pretty!
Starshine, meanwhile, attached a stick into the second snowball of a snow Pikachu to make its other arm. Some thicker sticks made the ears, and a vaguely thunderbolt shaped spring from the garden made the tail. What do you think?
Very nice! Lita replied. Brenna nodded in agreement.
I want to make a snow Pokemon too! Kira declared. With that, she rolled some snow into a larger ball, then set a smaller ball on top of that. Next, she set two buttons in the smaller snowball as her snow Pichu's eyes, two smaller twigs as its arms, and another small bent spring as its tail.
I see you made a snow Pokemon yourself. Starshine smiled as she admired the snow Pichu and snow Pikachu sitting together in the yard.
I didn't want your snow Pikachu to be lonely, so I made it a friend. Kira explained.
Say...think we can ask Kimi to get the sled out? Starshine asked.
Yeah! Kira was about to start back to the house when she felt something hit her back. She whirled around to see Brenna hiding behind a tree with a few snowballs, giggling a little.
Payback time! Lita flung a snowball back at Brenna, but Brenna ducked back behind the tree, making the snowball miss its target.
Forget the sled...a snowball fight is a lot more fun! With that, she heaved a snowball of her own into the unfolding melee....
To Be Continued....