Live for the Cottage Core

Thorn just grinned at his sister's reaction, not bothering to dodge her pushing at his shoulder.  Even as he smiled at her from within the leaves her anger was fading. “Sorry Taly!  It looked like you had a great idea though, I just wanted to play also.” Thorn started to roll about in the pile when Taly spoke up with her idea of making a bigger pile.  Thorn craned his neck up, looking at all the leaves around them.  Hmm.  That could work!  Thorn imagined a giant of a pile in his mind and how much fun it would be to dive in it.

Talyssa had already gotten to work so Thorn rolled himself upright and backed out of their leaf pile.  “Lets try and put them in the middle of all the piles so none of them are too far away!”

Thorn watched Taly work, glancing about for any bright ideas to make it easier.  It felt like there should be a better method but Thorn wasn’t coming up with it.  In the end, he mimicked his sister.  Lying with his front end on the ground, paws spread he started moving in the same direction as her.  The competitive spirit came into it and he tried to move a bit faster at it than she did.  It cost a few of his leaves but he was picking up a bit more speed, the ground rubbing up against his front end.  

"Thorn Carpathius"