Elsa was having some important conversations with Kai and Gerda in the library when Anna suddenly burst in with Joseff in her arms. Although she had been running some, she also had kept a firm grip on her baby.

"Elsa! Elsa!" she exclaimed as she ran in. "I've been looking all over for you!" But then she noticed Kai and Gerda and thought she might blush. "Oh, I'm sorry! Were you busy?"

"We had to discuss some things about the kingdom, but we're not that busy," Elsa answered. "What is it you want?"

"I know Kristoff is out working now, and I would wait until he came home. But I'm too excited to wait for him to show you."

"Show me what?"

"Elsa…Joseff has done a little bit of crawling!"

Smiling, Elsa gestured to Joseff. "You did?" and Joseff let out a little baby grin. Then she motioned to Anna, "Would he do some now if you put him on the floor, or does he just do it when he feels like it?"

"Well, probably when he feels like it. I wonder if he's one of those babies who won't do something when he's being watched or when you ask or plead him to do it."

Elsa shrugged. "Let's just see what he'll do."

"Well, if he doesn't want people to watch him, we'll leave now," Kai announced. Then he and Gerda bowed. "Good day, your Majesty. Princess Anna."

"I hope he will be crawling and even walking very soon," Gerda said with a smile. She touched Joseff affectionately, as she was very fond of the young prince.

"Good day, Gerda, Kai," Elsa replied.

Once both servants had left the library, Anna said, "Okay, let's see what he'll do!" Then she gently placed Joseff on the floor. "Well, honey, why don't you show your Auntie Elsa just what you can do?"

For about a minute, Joseff just stayed in the same spot on his belly. Elsa wanted to see him crawl, but she also knew that it wasn't best to get impatient with a little baby. So she said to Anna, "Why don't we just start to walk towards the door and act like we are leaving? If Joseff possibly doesn't like being watched, maybe he'll crawl if he thinks no one is here."

"Do you really think he's capable of knowing when someone is around him or not?"

"I don't think we should underestimate babies, Anna. They may be little, but the way they can grow and develop, even with personalities and their senses? Well, they can surprise people."

Anna nodded. "Yeah, I guess that makes sense." Looking down at Joseff, she said (even though she had doubts that he could really understand her), "Honey? Auntie Elsa and I are just stepping out for a minute. But no one else is around, so you'll be safe here for the moment."

Anna and Elsa both stepped backwards towards the door, hoping they might catch Joseff crawling, especially if he thought they had their backs turned or were out of the room. When they were finally out of the room, they kept the door ajar to see, and even covered their mouths so they wouldn't sound like they were breathing loudly, indicating their presence.

After standing there for a few extra minutes, it happened: Joseff took a few moves forward on his belly. Through the door, Elsa could see it better than Anna, but Anna thought Elsa deserved to see him since she (Anna) already witnessed him crawling.

Elsa ran in to the library in joy. "Congratulations, Joseff! I knew you could do it, sweetie!" Then she picked him up from his spot on the floor and gave him a big kiss.

Anna followed her sister into the library. "I wonder if he'll be like this when Kristoff comes to see him."

"Let's just tell him when he comes tonight and we'll see what happens."


When Kristoff finally came home that evening, Anna could have not have been happier to see him. "Hi, honey!" she exclaimed when she ran downstairs to meet him at the doors and jumped into his arms.

"Hi, feisty-pants!" Kristoff exclaimed in return. He scooped her up in his arms and kissed her. "So what did you do today?"

"Not much…" Then she smiled mischievously. "Except watch Joseff begin to learn to crawl."

Kristoff's eyes widened and he smiled excitedly. "He can crawl now?! When did you notice?"

"This morning. After he crawled a bit for me, I brought him to Elsa, though we went out of his view to see if he would crawl then after he didn't when we were there. We wondered if he is developed to know when someone is in the room and if he didn't want to be watched."

"Well, let's hope he'll want to do it again, because I sure want to see him do it!" Then he grabbed Anna's hand as he began to run towards the stairs. "Come on, let's go!"

"Okay, okay, here I come!"


In the nursery, Elsa was on the floor with Joseff. She was patiently coaxing him to crawl some more and was delighted whenever he made the slightest movement.

The door was open, so she easily heard footsteps running out in the hall, which, coming from how loud they were, they could only belong to Kristoff, along with Anna.

Once he was in the room and caught sight of Joseff, Kristoff exclaimed, "Hey, how's my little man?" He reached down to his level as best as he could. "Your mommy tells me that you just started crawling today. Can you do some for your old man?"

When Joseff didn't move right away, Kristoff decided to have some fun with him. Reaching down to the ground as best as he could, he put his arms in front of him and kept his legs tucked beneath him as he pulled himself along the floor. "See? I can crawl, too, son."

At a quick moment when Kristoff was not facing Joseff, he heard Anna shout, "Kristoff, look!"

"What?!"

And sure enough, Kristoff got to see Joseff in his action! He was crawling all right, and he was doing it in the way that Kristoff had just pretended to do.

"Whoa, now that's the most enthusiastic I have seen him in doing it all day," Anna said.

"All right, Joe! Now you're really learning how to move!"

"Now we're going to have to keep an even closer eye on him around the castle," Elsa stated.

"That's all right. We'll just make sure doors are always closed and that he is away from anything that can hurt him." Kristoff picked Joseff up from the floor, then gently tossed him in the air. "Good going, Joseff! All right!" Then he affectionately kissed his son and blew on his stomach, which only caused the little prince to giggle like the baby he was.