Gigantic flakes of snow fell from the
sky. The wind captured each one and swirled around them and tossed them
about in all directions before they landed on the frozen ground. Claire, a
hare with long ears, large paws and a fluffy tail, was searching for
something to eat. Carrots didn’t grow in winter, so she had to resort to
eating rose hips, dried up hawthorn berries, and heather.
Claire was cold. Even though she was
covered with brown fur, the wind was particularly bitter that day. She
hopped across the top of the deep, crunchy snow and went into her burrow.
It was warm inside. She sat in front of her fireplace, warming her chilled
paws and pulled a blanket up over her legs.
Next to her chair was a bag filled with
balls of colored wool yarn and a pair of knitting needles. Claire reached
in the bag and pulled out a ball of apple-green yarn. She started knitting
and soon had completed a pair of earmuffs for her long ears. She slipped
them both over the top of her ears and pulled them down. They fit
perfectly. They would keep her ears nice and warm when she went out into
the snow.
She laid the earmuffs on the arm of the
chair and reached into the bag. She pulled out some hot pink yarn. She
started knitting a pair of socks for her back legs and paws. They got so
cold when she hopped around on the ice. When they were finished, she
slipped the socks on over her paws and pulled them up. They fit perfectly
and would keep her legs and paws nice and warm when she went out into the
snow.
She slipped the pink socks off and laid
them next to the green earmuffs on the arm of her chair. She then reached
in and pulled out another ball of yarn. It was tangerine orange. She
started knitting some gloves for her front paws. She could make some good
snowballs and hop all around, and they would stay warm. She soon finished
them and slipped them on her front paws. They fit perfectly and would keep
her front paws nice and warm when she went out into the snow.
Claire took the gloves off and put them
on the arm of the chair next to the green earmuffs and pink socks. She was
proud of her work and knew she could hop all over the meadow and be nice
and warm. She put the earmuffs on over her long ears. She slipped her
socks on over her back paws and legs and then pulled her gloves on. She
was warm and ready to go outside.
Claire climbed out of her burrow and
hopped onto the snow. She leapt about the meadow, prancing through the
heather and ferns. She stayed warm all day as she nibbled on some berries
and acorns that she’d dug up from beneath the oak tree.