This was so exciting! Gavroche was so happy that Trixy was willing to play with him, and even better, she seemed just as eager as he was. She bounced a bit in place as she spoke and Gav’s tail swayed back and forth behind him. She was willing to play the game he suggested! The boy’s green eyes lit up and, realizing he needed to count, he lowered his body to the ground and moved his forepaws over his eyes. “Okies! I count!” He figured that ten might be big enough for her to have time to hide. It should be, right? Trixy would have already been turning away to find a hiding spot as he began to count.
“One… two… three~” His rump was wigging in the air as he kept going. Where would the girl hide? Would he be able to find her among the tall plants? Finally he was reaching the end of his counting. “Nine… Ten! Okies I’mma find you now!” The winged child leapt to his paws and looked around. No sign of Bellatrix, okay, good! But… he wrinkled his nose in thought and began to check the leafy plants closest to him. It could be smart to try and slip somewhere close to throw him off… but Trixy didn’t do that. His ears lowered a bit as he scanned the area.
This… could take a while depending on where she hid! He raced to the next plant and pulled it back with his paw. Nothing! Drat. “Hnm… where would I hide…” Maybe he needed to stop checking all the spots and start thinking about how she would blend in to the area? His nose twitched as he sniffed the air. Her scent was there… but so were the scent of different flowers. She wasn’t going to make this easy on him.
