Walking through the doors of a small clothing store, Judy smiled as she clutched her shopping bag and strolled down the paved sidewalk. After taking advantage of the few spectacular deals that the little shop was offering, the doe couldn't help but feel happy.

"Gosh, were those some good deals or what?" she said to herself, looking into her bag once again as she strolled along. "You just can't get a nice outfit like that at Mousy's for as cheap as you did."

After making the trip back over to Bunnyburrow once again, Judy conceived the idea of taking Nick and two of her little brothers out for a pleasant afternoon of shopping. A good drive away from where most the farmland in the Burrows was, the area Judy found herself walking through was a district that was the closest thing one could get to shopping within a city. However, most of the buildings that surrounded her were small businesses (those of which had the friendliest of service and immediately recognized her upon her walking in) and some other historic architecture (the old courthouse being one of the few notable examples).

Stopping ahead, Judy took a seat on a nearby bench that was located next to a large, flowing fountain that had a fair amount of coins thrown into it. Shortly watching the fountain as the warm sunshine beamed down upon her, the doe put on a smile before wondering where Nick and her two little brothers were at.

When she went into the clothing store, as well as two others that were within a radius of less than a few miles, Judy had put in charge of keeping her two little brothers safe and entertained. The doe knew for a fact that her two sibling thought the concept of shopping for clothing and trying different outfits was boring, so she didn't wish to bring any lack on enthusiasm onto them.

Her inquiry was answered shortly after she asked it. In the corner of her eye, Judy could spot none other than Nick and the two little rabbits merrily strolling up the street. From what she could see, her brothers seemed to be carrying ice cream cones consisting of a scoop of what appeared to be some kind of brightly-colored sherbet. The trio of mammals continued to walk froward, stopping temporarily under the shadiness of a tall, flourishing tree that looked like it had been growing in its particular spot for decades.

As the fox and two young rabbits got closer to Judy, she could her their voices becoming clearer. From what the doe could make out of it, the vulpine had been telling the two enthusiastic bunnies another story about a most recent adventurous moment on the police force. Judy's younger siblings always enjoyed it whenever Nick told them about what went on around the ZPD, so the fox always made sure to make note of something interesting to them if it happened.

"So then her and I are end up in pursuit of this suspect," the fox continued, "and this mammal's tryin' to get away. And this place is already bonkers and packed with visitors to begin with—I mean, it's a giant amusement park, what do you expect it to be like?"

Judy got up from the bench she was sitting on and walked over to join the three. "Hey, guys," she murmured.

The fox kept looking down at the two bunnies, completely disregarding his companion's and continuing on with his police story. "So we're runnin' down thew always, tryin' not to bump into anybody while we went along. Boy, did we end going pretty far."

"Guys?" Judy chimed again, followed by a quiet sigh.

A round of tiny giggles came from the two bunnies as they listened to the fox's tale and savored the rest of the sherbet they still had left. Nick straightened his neck back up, just realizing that his companion had been standing there for an indefinite period of time.

"Oh," the vulpine muttered. "Hey, Carrots. Did you find anything you liked?"

"Yep," Judy replied. "You keeping these two out of trouble?

"Mhmm."

"You sure, Nick? 'Cause those guys have a tendency to wander off on occasion."

"Yes, I'm certain, Fluff. Been keepin' 'em entertained just about the whole time. You're acting like I wouldn't make a responsible guardian."

"So what did you three do while I was having a look around?"

"Went over to this one shop for some sweet treats and I've been telling 'em the story about that case we cracked not too long ago. And we didn't just get any frozen dessert. No, Fluff, this was voted the best sherbet in all of the Tri-Burrows. Well, at least that's what the little sign outside of the shop said."

The doe laughed. "Anybody can market themselves like that, Slick. Remember that terrible cup of coffee we ended up buying at that one café just because the sign advertised that they were the 'World's Best'?"

The fox nodded his head. "Yeah, I remember that. But from the looks of these two, I'd say that advertisement stands true." The vulpine put his head and looked over at the two rabbits. "What do you guys think? Is that sherbet the best in the Burrows or what?"

"Mhmm," one of them replied.

"Delish!" remarked the other, finishing what he still had left of his tasty treat.

Nick grinned and gazed back over at Judy, feeling a bit proud. "There you are, Carrots. It looks like the jury standing beside me has reached a verdict: This here sherbet is guilty of being almost too delicious."

A chorus of laughter arose, coming from Judy and her little brothers. Nick couldn't help but make a little chuckle, too.

"One of these days I outta show these two how to make my famous pawpsicles," the fox said. After a short pause, he added, "The legit way, not the way I used to when I was selling them back then." He turned his attention back to the happy, young buck on his right. "Okay, guys, where do you wanna go now?"

The two bunnies pointed in unison to a vividly-painted building on the other side of the street. What they were pointing to was a fairly-sized shop called "Miss Bella's."

The vulpine cracked a smile. "Well, your wish is my command."

Once everybody crossed the street, they all entered the shop. After they all stepped inside and shut the door quietly behind them, the elderly badger working the front register (who happened to be the "Bella" in which the store was named after) took her reading glasses off and greeted them all with a gentle smile.

"Welcome to Miss Bella's," the badger remarked, as she did whenever any customer would come walking in. "Let me know if y'all need help looking for something in particular, okay?"

Barely any sound stirred within the first portions of the shop, with the exception of the steps made by Nick, Judy and her two brothers.

Everyone had a look around, checking out the selection of different items that the humble shop had out on display. Among a series of shelves was a nice variety of greeting cards, small decorations, holiday ornaments (which were out for purchase despite Christmas being a long time from coming around again), plush toys for children, and a fair amount of fun things that made for interesting birthday gifts.

Almost instinctively, the young bucks went straight down the aisle in front of them and looked at the stuffed toys before making a right down another spot in the shop.

"No running around, you two," Nick informed as the bucks ran off. "Come on, let's go over here and maybe you can pick out something nice for your mom, alright?"

"Okay," a young voice said from around the corner.

They walked around for a good period of time, and both bucks made their selections of what they wanted to get for their mother when they got back home to the family farm. With the birthday of Bonnie Hopps being not so far away, Judy had made the suggestion to her brothers to have a look around as they shopped and see if there was something different that they could buy for her.

Nick turned around to see a young bunny by his side, smiling softly as he held a colorful greeting card and a small craft in his paws. "That's nice," he said. "I'm sure that she'll really enjoy that." The fox turned around to the other side, realizing something wasn't right. "Wait a minute, where's your brother? Where did he run off to?"

Crash!

The sound of something fragile shattering onto the flooring made the fox's ears droop slightly in disappointment. Oh dear, he thought.

The vulpine made his way to another side of the store, finding the brother of Judy's that went roaming around. The buck had his paws behind his back, shifting his feet with his head sagging down with guilt. To the side of him was the object that had been broken, a small fragment of it laying on the ground.

"I didn't do it," the bunny claimed. "It fell as I was walking by."

The fox turned his head over and looked to the badger at the front register. "Ma'am, I am so sorry about that," he apologized.

"You're just lucky that we've got some stuff at home that try and fix that piece that came off of that," Judy remarked, walking over to the vulpine. "Good thing that wasn't expensive either."

"Yeah," Nick huffed.

The fox looked at a sign that was resting above the shelves in front of him. The phrase "You Break It, Honey, You Buy It" typed upon it, an obvious urge to other customer to be careful while browsing through what was easily breakable.

All that Nick could do in that moment was sigh, take out his wallet and make the purchase of both the gifts that were picked out and the item that got broken.

Author's Note: Whew! It has been awhile since I've put out another silly story like this, hasn't it? Oh well, the good thing is that I'm back to working on some of these little snippets. :)

Anyhow, hope you liked this little slice of life I came up with about Nick and Judy out shopping in the Burrows. It's not exactly the best that I could've done, but I hope that y'all enjoyed it anyhow.

'Til next time! :)