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"See, taste for yourself" Mister Chesed asked his friend, and with graceful ease and great agility Snaust climbed his desk until she was facing the steaming cup full of hot coffee he prepared "I did my best to brew the most delicious cup of coffee, yet she didn't like it at all! Please help me understand why!"
"Hmm, let me see what the problem may be" Snaust replied. Snaust blew air on the steaming drink to cool it enough not to scald her lips since she has read about how temperature works. She then took a small sip, carefully tasting the brew and examining the flavors. Snaust was very kind to her friend, so she didn't grimace at the taste as not to hurt Mister Chesed's feelings. "I now know what the problem is! And that means I can help you solve it!"
"Really?" Mister Chesed replied, relief in his voice "And what is the problem then?"
"It's quite simple, my friend!" Snaust answered, happy to help her friend "It's bitter and not sweet at all! Miss Angela loves sweet things, this Snaust knows because she always feeds Snaust sweet things as well!"
"Could it truly be it?" Mister Chesed replied in wonder, amazed at Snaust's wisdom "Then how could I fix this, to make her like my drink?" he asked.
"It's quite simple!" Snaust said "You may start with adding some sugar to the coffee! It will make it sweet, but that might not be enough by itself though! You could also add some delicious flavors as well to make the drink sweet and delicious and not bitter. Let's try first with some strawberries, Snaust knows that-
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"-well, I will not allow it!" Snaust denied the ruffian, standing in his way, not letting him get closer to Miss Angela.
"As if you could ever hope to stop me." Roland sneered, ignoring Snaust and taking a step forward.
But Roland didn't know that Snaust has foreseen his actions, and prepared accordingly. The step he took entangled his foot in a cleverly hidden piece of string, tripping him up, and making him fall face first onto the floor!
"Oh no!" Roland moaned out loud "I've tripped and made a fool of myself! Now Miss Angela will think I'm clumsy and won't let me steal her heart!"
"Ha! Just as Snaust planned!" Snaust puffed up herself with pride over her clever plan working out perfectly!
"You may have won today with yet another clever trick, Snaust, but this isn't over yet!" Roland yelled as he skulked back, defeated. Snaust had no doubt in her mind he-
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-some effort, but she managed to get the difficult scroll Miss Binah couldn't reach from the top shelf. Snaust was good at climbing and not afraid of heights after all, and she could easily tie the scroll to her shell with fancy knots she read about in a book once, and could easily bring it back to help her friend out.
"Here it is" Snaust said, presenting said difficult scroll to Miss Binah, who gratefully took it from her.
"Thank you very much" she said "That was a very clever and resourceful way you got that difficult scroll down from up there" she praised her friend.
"It was nothing much" Snaust graciously accepted the well-deserved praise "Anyway, why is it called the difficult scroll anyway?" she asked.
"Oh, it's just I've been trying to read it for so long, but it has so many difficult words in it I have trouble understanding them all" Miss Binah replied
"Maybe I could help out?" Snaust offered her help.
"Truly? You could?" the woman asked in turn "But how?"
"Snaust is a great scholar, and knows many long and difficult words as well!" Snaust replied happily "Maybe we could read it together?"
"What a wonderful idea!" Miss Binah said with a smile, which Snaust returned.
Soon they were-
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-like you had a long and tiring day" Miss Angela said to Snaust, patting her beautiful white hair as Snaust sat on her lap.
"A little bit" Snaust allowed "But it was also really fun as well! Snaust loved every second of it!"
"And what did you love about it the most?" Miss Angela asked.
"That Snaust was able to help out her friends, and spend so much time with them!" Snaust replied, squirming in happiness "There are just so many people here and they are all so nice, Snaust loves them all!" Snaust said, before adding "Except for Roland, the villain" Snaust added.
"He's not that bad" Miss Angela said, her inherent kindness blinding her to the truth Snaust knew.
"You are being too nice to him, Miss Angela" Snaust replied "But that's okay. That's why you have Snaust to protect you"
"That's very nice of you" Miss Angela said with a smile, and Snaust smiled back.
They continued talking about their day for a long time after that, but before long they stopped, and started reading yet another new book. Snaust knew all of the words and made no mistakes in pronunciation, and Miss Angela praised Snaust for being so good at reading.
They've been reading a new book together each and every night, and spend the evening together like this, just like they always did.
This, Miss Angela knew, Snaust loved most of all.
