Christmas For Scrooge

"Pfft." Peggy made a skeptical sound, but she eyed her paw warily. It wasn't really going to fall off, she was sure. But... well...

She dragged her gaze off the paw and wrinkled her nose at the tall man, going so far as to dare stick her tongue out at him teasingly. "Well, you touched my paw so how do you know that your paw won't fall off now too? We can just both hobble around with three legs. Bet I'm faster on three legs than you will be." She chuckled, a soft burbling noise. "You know, 'I didn't do anything' is what a pup says when it's done something wrong and doesn't want to admit it. Now I know this was all your doing."

Teasing aside, she shifted her gaze back to the tree and added softly, "I wonder why anyone would go through all this trouble?"