Mud Pies
Wolfwood would never cease to be amazed by the kids. How they managed to get muddy in the desert was a mystery, but he suspected it had something to do with the several missing canteens. They beamed up at him with muddy cheeks.
"What are you doing?" he asked, amused.
The children grabbed his sleeves and smeared mud onto his clothes and hands, giggling all the while.
"Come play!" they shrieked. Wolfwood gave up and sat down in the mud, grinning and rubbing mud into the nearest kid's hair.
It had been a long time since he had so much fun.