The annual Carrot Festival at Bunnyburrow was in full swing, with one of the more entertaining parts of the event being what everybody was flocking to see just now. On top of all the great carrot dishes to try and vendors with local crafts to browse, there was a tradition that had been carried on since the first festival many decades ago.

The Bunnyburrow Games had been underway for a good forty minutes, with two teams going against one another in friendly competition. The prize remained the same as it did in the years before: The ribbon that could be proudly worn by the one of the memebers of the winning team.

All of the favored had already been played, and now it was time for one that was a newly-introduced event to the Games. It was a well-known game of skill that involved stacking blocks, only on a much larger scale. On top of some cinder blocks placed together was a growing towers of shaved timber pieces, wobbling due to some of the pieces holding it together in the middle of it having been removed.

To the left of the tower was a focused Judy Hopps, and on the other side of it stood a brown-furred buck from the other team. He watched her as she carefully placed the long timber block, which she easily pulled from where it had been in front of her, on top of the tower. She stood up on her tippy toes as she did so, just able to reach that high.

Judy slowly took several steps back, her paws out in front of her. The tower wobbled even more now as she silently stood there, hoping with fingers crossed that it didn't fall over after how good she had done.

Now it was the buck's turn to remove a block. He walked up without putting much strategy into what he was doing, unlike the gray doe did, and simply pulled out the first one he grabbed a hold of. The tower then teetered before the pieces that it was constructed out of all fell to the ground, scattering in the grass.

The mammals standing behind rope fence, who had gathered around this part of the fairgrounds to see the event, all started to give a share of light clapping.

"And we have our winner," an elderly rabbit announced into a microphone he was holding onto. "Judy from the Hopps team! That makes our teams neck and neck with a score of two points. Whoever wins this last event takes home the ribbon!"

Judy made her way back over to where her siblings and her vulpine companion were cheering her on.

"Amazing as always, Carrots," Nick complimented. "Now you guys are caught up with the other team."

The beam on Judy's face widened as she looked back over at her fox. "Yep," she replied, "but there's something I've been meaning to you."

"What's that?" the tod inquired with an under-his-breath chuckle.

"You're gonna be the one that helps us break the tie," answered the doe enthusiastically, eyes glowing with excitement. "I put your name in as a team member."

Nick was in a bit of denial regarding what she told him. "You want me to be the one that helps you all win the Bunnyburrow Games? I'm not exactly certain that I'm the fox for the job, Fluff."

Judy gave him a nudge with her shoulder. "Don't doubt yourself, Nick," she said to him persuasively. "The last game this year's gonna be cornhole. You showed me how good you were at that when we played it at that beach resort."

The fox shrugged, knowing that he did let it be known that he had a talent for winning that during a friendly game on a vacation he and Judy had taken last year. "I dunno, though…"

The gray doe reached for her companion's paw and gave it a squeeze. "If there's anybody that can win the Games this year, it's my fox," she said to him cheerfully. "Besides, I think you'll be the first fox to score the winning point for any team in the festival's history."

Nick grinned at her remark. "Well, I do like the sound of setting a new milestone," he admitted.

"And we can get us both some of Gideon's blueberry pie to celebrate afterwards." Judy knew that this would definitely get a positive response from him.

Surely enough, Nick's tail started to wag upon him hearing the mentioning of that favored dessert from the Burrows. He quickly crossed the rope and running out onto the field with a skip in his step.

The clapping began once again as he and a badger from the opposite team shook paws. The stained wood platforms with holes cut into them were being placed out a good distance away, and a rabbit came over to hand each of them a set of bags in different colors to both mammals.

It was time for him to get out there and win that ribbon for the Hopps Family!