365 Days of Drabbles: Day Thirty-Eight

[jeriendhal]

For Naziha Zahed: "Tez telling his kids why Maria hates penguins."


"But that's silly!" Meribeth exclaimed, Swan nodding in agreement. "Everybody likes penguins!"

"Well now that the treaty has been signed, certainly," Tez agreed. "But back then they gave us no end of problems."

Maria swept into the room. "Tez, they're far too young to hear that story," she said firmly.

Tez went on, ignoring her. "When we first visited them, we ended up being chased by them, until we both fell through the ice into a lake. Being elven, I was safe, but Maria became hypothermic. So to warm her up I began to…"

"Aaaand now it's time for bed!"

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[drhoz.livejournal.com]

heehee

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Have you heard the story of the large researcher who went to Antarctica with black and white clothing? One of the female penguins began chasing him carrying a pebble for nesting.