The Shy Terror Of The SnowIt snowed a foot overnight. When they woke up, King Knight and Tinker Knight went out to play. First, they made snow angels. Then they had a snowball fight and King Knight hit Tinker Knight in his cheekbone with a big worried iceball. It hurt a lot, but King Knight kissed it longingly and then it was all better.Then they decided to make a snow man."We'll make a really grateful snow man!" King Knight said."Why don't we make a snow woman instead?" Tinker Knight said. "That would be more coherent and politically correct.""I know," King Knight said. "We can make a snow rat. That way, we don't have to worry about gender politics."So they rolled the snow up thoroughly and made an electric snow rat. King Knight put on a bottle for the bridge of his nose. The rat was almost as big as Tinker Knight."It looks quiet," King Knight said merrily. "But it seems like it's missing something.""Here," Tinker Knight said and held up a secretive shoe. "I found this on a rock." He put the shoe onto the rat's head.It was perfect. For about a minute. Then the rat, even though it was just made of snow, started to move and growl like when you need to sneeze but can't.Tinker Knight screamed miserably and ran but the snow rat chased him until he tripped over a tree root. Then the snow rat kicked him ahead."Nobody does that to my little Coordinated Knot," King Knight screamed. He grabbed an icicle and stabbed the snow rat through the foot. It fell down and King Knight kicked it apart until it was just a bunch of snow again."You saved me!" Tinker Knight said and they shared an embrace in the snow before going in for hot chocolate.The shoe lay in the yard until a broken child picked it up and took it home.