The golden leaves pirouetted their way down in the cool breeze, twirling in circles continuously as they landed softly in the flowing grass. The lush country views were painted in a sepia tone, a multitude of gold, red, and brown hues clothing the scenery. At the most, the entire picture that the changing seasons painted was considerably the utmost gorgeous pattern that only nature could bless its observers with.

Within the middle of the plenteous expanse of acreage was a gigantic tree, whose appearance gave off the impression that it had been standing and growing on the property for a presumably long period of time. The changing leaves continued to tumble off of its thick, interlocking branches.

Standing underneath the partial shade that the changing tree provided, Judy busily began raking up all of the fallen leaves and tried to get them into a neatly organized pile. After she completed the process as much as she could, the doe looked around at the exquisite sights of her hometown's atmosphere. In the distance from where she was standing, she could catch a glimpse of her parents sitting in two wooden chairs on their balcony. Judy saw her mother wave to her with a smile from where she was seated, to which she simply waved back.

A single leaf pivoted downward and landed straight down where Judy was standing, causing her to flinch at it slightly once it landed near her muzzle. The rabbit took a few steps back, ready to make her way back up to where her parents were now that some of her work had been done.

Not even two steps later, a trio of her youngest siblings came sprinting by, nearly catching her off guard. The three little rabbits joyously ended up making slight disarray out of what originally was a nice, neat pile of autumn leaves. A choir of happy giggling trailed off as they ran onward. Judy shook her head with a grin on her muzzle, walking back with her rake still in her paws to try and get the leaves back in the order she had them in.

After finishing her work for the second time, she observed her surroundings once more and walked off. As a strange moment of silence arose, a thought entered Judy's mind. Where's Nick? she asked herself. He hasn't been-

Her inquiry was cut short. Almost as if it was on cue, she started to hear a swift noise resonating from behind her.

"Cannonball!" Nick childishly shouted, running forward and gaining speed in preparation to jump into the leaves that Judy just got done raking.

Judy turned her head around, almost to later in time. "No, Nick! I-"

Crunch!

The sound of all of the fallen leaves being crunched into smaller fragments filled the air, a good portion of them even ended up rising back up in the air a little before falling back down into the pile. Judy stared at Nick, who looked like an oversized kit playing in the leaf pile like he currently was.

Soon enough, the fox's actions consequentially inspired Judy's siblings to do the same thing. The bunny trio came running back as fast as their small but nimble paws could carry them. They imitated what Nick had just done, squealing jovially as they jumped and joined him in the now jumbled pile of leaves.

The vulpine threw a small bit of leaves into the air watched them rain down, and two of the three rabbits started moving their arms and legs up and down to attempt at making the leaf equivalence of a snow angel.

Judy couldn't help but smile delightedly at the shenanigans of Nick and her siblings, as well as how her companion was getting along so well with her family. Setting her rake down and away for the moment, the doe joined in playing around in the leaves with the four.

Author's Note: Not exactly the best thing I could write out, but this silly little story popped into my head and I just had to get it out.

Anyhow, I hope that I did a decent job here. As always, let me know your thoughts. Your feedback, good and bad, is always gladly appreciated.

'Til next time! :D