Throughout the snowy district of Tundratown, the holidays were in full swing. Just about every lamppost was decked with holly wreath or a string of white lights around its pole. The stores that outlined the streets all had their fair share of decorations, a mixture of snow mammals, Santa Claws props. and other festive symbols sure to strike anyone that walked by with Christmas spirit. The jingling of a bell being continuously rung filled the air, coming from the mammal with the red bucket that always stood outside to collect donations this time of year.
All of these fun sights and sounds brought cheer to just about everyone that found themselves walking down the sidewalk or driving through the area. But for a certain moose calf, he could only make observations of it all from the window of his room in Tundratown's Childern's Hospital.
Being stuck in the hospital was no fun to him, especially during what was the best time of the year. He really wanted to be outside, and perhaps try and build a snowmammal or look at the gigantic Christmas tree that they placed in the middle of the one part of town every year. But instead, he had been getting in here a lot of tests done, the complete opposite of what he really wanted to be doing this holiday season.
He turned away from the window, shuffling in the hospital bed and looking over in the other direction. It was right then that he could hear several voices mingling from out in the hall, as well as footsteps getting closer to his room.
Just then he heard the plain door being opened, and he saw the badger doctor that periodically checked up on him to see how he was feeling looking at him. Not even a few seconds later, two other figures started to walk up to the door, making his jaw drop in surprise.
A gray rabbit and red fox in police uniforms, who stopped by to visit the kits in the hospital, slowly walked up to where he was. But these weren't just any officers; these were Zootopia's greatest that he always heard about through the news reports on TV.
"Hi there," the rabbit said, waving to the moose.
He waved back and said back, "Hello." He put on a smile that hadn't been on his face for quite some time, and he added, "I can't believe it. You're Judy Hopps!"
The leporine nodded. "My partner Nick and I came by specifically to see you."
The moose was now more excited then ever. They came by just to see me? he thought, currently feeling the like most special kid in all of the world.
The fox beside the gray lagomorph chimed in, "I heard that you want to be a police officer when you grow up."
"Yep," the cervid replied. "I wanna fight crime just like you guys."
"That's great," Judy said. "And that's why we wanted to give you something." She reached into the pocket of her uniform, pulling out a sticker that said "Junior ZPD Officer" on it and handing to the child.
Still smiling delightedly, the calf placed the sticker upon the shirt he was wearing. "Thank you," he said to the two officers. "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome," Nick replied. "And remember this: No matter who you are or what anybody says, we can all make this world a better place."
And for the fox, seeing that smile on the little moose's face was the best feeling in the world. Along with keeping the city they loved protected and free of crime, bringing joy to the citizens of Zootopia, no matter how big or small, was what they did at the ZPD.