I have the book in front of me so have some "Snuff" specific drabbles


She realized she was being watched, and looked over to see Tears of the Mushroom in the room.

Surreptitiously, she looked over at Little Sam, happily flipping her way through her new book. How was she going to react? Her lass was good-natured and polite as a six year old could be, but what if she shied away, was scared like another little girl had been in a dame school so many years ago?

What Little Sam did, the next time she looked up, was stare in awe at Tears of the Mushroom, and then promptly walked over to her and asked, "Can I play with your hair?"[1]

Vimes was about to get after her daughter for asking, but to her astonishment, Tears of the Mushroom simply laughed, and sat down on the ground to let Little Sam clamber around her. Her daughter began unbraiding, then rebraiding the goblin girl's long white hair.

Far from being scared, Vimes realized, Little Sam was in heaven.

"I wish I had hair like yours," Little Sam said. "What's your name?"

Briefly turning around to look Little Sam in the eyes, she responded "I am Tears of the Mushroom."

She then had Little Sam drop her hair and envelop her in a hug, shouting "Mushrooms shouldn't cry!"

Tears of the Mushroom looked at Vimes utterly shocked for a second before timidly patting Little Sam on the back.


[1] Vimes was quickly discovering that her daughter had a Thing about hair. Little Sam's hair was already half way down her back and she refused to let her parents cut it[2].

[2] When they had tried, it was one of the only times so far in Little Sam's life that she had thrown a tantrum. Her parents let it be after that.