Frostyline Fable's Journey of Kindness
by
Patches the Story Dog
A story about Travel
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Frostyline Fable lived in a snowy meadow. She had acorn eyes, a crinkly carrot nose, and stick arms that liked to wave hello. She loved to explore! Every morning, she looked out at the soft, white snow and smiled.
Frostyline's favorite thing was her scarf. It was soft and stripy and smelled like winter berries. She wore it every single day. It kept her feeling safe and warm inside — even though she was made of snow!
One morning, the wind blew hard. WHOOOOSH! It tugged at Frostyline's scarf. It pulled and pulled. Then — WHOOSH — the wind snatched her scarf right off and tossed it high, high, high into a tall tree!
Frostyline looked up. Her scarf was tangled in the branches, way up high. A hot, rumbly feeling bubbled up inside her tummy. Her snow cheeks turned pink. Her stick arms started to shake. She stomped her snowy base. STOMP, STOMP, STOMP!
The rumbly feeling was big. It was hot. Frostyline did not like it. She tried to push it down, down, down. But the feeling did not go away. It got bigger. And hotter. And BIGGER. "Go away, rumbly feeling!" she said. But it stayed.
Then — hop, hop, hop — a gentle rabbit came near. His name was Hush. He had soft brown-and-cream fur and long, floppy ears. He saw Frostyline's pink cheeks. He saw her shaking arms. "Frostyline," Hush said softly. "You look upset. Can I sit with you?"
"Let's try something," Hush said. "Breathe in the cold air — nice and slow." Frostyline breathed in. The air was crisp and cool. "Now breathe out a tiny snowflake." Frostyline breathed out. A little snowflake floated away! They did it three times. In... and out. In... and out. In... and out.
The rumbly feeling got a little smaller. Just a little. "Can you tell me why you feel so rumbly inside?" Hush asked gently. Frostyline thought hard. "The wind took my scarf," she said. "It is special to me. I feel scared. And I feel... mad." Saying it out loud felt strange. But it also felt good.
Hush nodded his soft, floppy ears. "That feeling is called anger," he said. "Everyone feels angry sometimes. Even bunnies! When I get angry, I thump my big feet — THUMP, THUMP, THUMP! Anger is okay to feel. It is telling you something matters to you."
"Talking about it helps the hot feeling cool down," Hush said. "And asking for help is very brave." Frostyline looked up at the tree. "Will you help me get my scarf back?" she asked. "Yes!" said Hush. "Let's do it together!"
Hush hopped up on a low branch. He nudged the scarf with his nose. Frostyline reached up with her long stick arms. They tugged gently. They wiggled it free. The soft, stripy scarf floated down — right onto Frostyline! It smelled like winter berries. She wrapped it around and around.
The rumbly feeling was almost all gone now. In its place was something warm and soft — like being hugged from the inside. Frostyline knew the big, hot feeling might visit again someday. Feelings always do. But now she had a breath to take, a friend to talk to, and the brave words to say: "I feel angry, and I need help."