The many possibilities of a humble leaf pile 😌.
“And, eventually, [she’d/you’d] gathered a nice big pile at the center of the Baumann lawn. Tamarack wiped her brow. “Mount Chore” came up past her knees.” #if not helping or are
tam “Phew.”
if mc amused at her struggle and not helping:
tam “See that? I’m done.”
if mc just hanging out
tam “Good.”
if mc helped:
tam “We did good.”
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“She pressed her palms into the top of the rake for support. With that pole propping her up and the way her eyes never moved from her target, Tamarack would’ve made a good scarecrow.”
“The scrapbook of your mind flipped to a particular page automatically: the first moment you’d seen Tamarack. At the time, just a golden haired girl bursting out of a pile of leaves so similar to this one.”
“That was years ago now.”
Menu:
-““Remember how we met? You threw the airplane at me and jumped out of a leaf pile.””:
-““What are you thinking about?””:
-““You wanna jump in, don’t you?””:
-““Don’t get any crazy ideas, Tamarack.””:
-““Uh, so, what should we do next…?””:
-““Hey, you can blame me if you get in trouble for jumping into the leaves.”” if close and teamworking:
-““Hey, you should jump in the pile.””:
-““Hey, we should jump in the pile.””:
-““I guess that’s it.””:
-““Wanna make leaf angels?””:
-““Finally, it’s ready. Let’s have fun!”” if rule breaker:
-““I wish I could jump in that pile, but we’re really not supposed to…”” if rule follower:
-““We have got to get in those leaves. It’d be wrong not to.””:
-““I dare you to jump in.”” if teasing or rule breaker:
-““Check it out, I’m a witch.” You stuck the rake between your legs.” if helping:
-““Catch me!” You jumped into Tamarack, ready for her to not succeed in catching you.” if close:
-“You tugged her arm. You had to get into those leaves. You had to!” if close:
-“You tilted your chin towards Tamarack and dropped backwards. You were gonna make a leaf angel.”:
-“Time for some fun! You scooped up an armful of leaves and tossed it in the air!”:
-“Tapping her shoulder, you smiled reassuringly. She wanted to jump, didn’t she?”:
-“With not one warning, you leapt into the leaves!”:
-“You had a great idea. You put the rake between your legs and rode it like a witch’s broomstick!”:
-“You leapt into Tamarack’s arms, knowing she’d never be able to keep you up.” if close:
-“You gave her a serious stare. She better not ruin this.”:
-“You bit your lip, flicking your gaze between Tamarack and the ground.”:
-“You stretched and yawned. [That was a lot of work/Watching hard work was tiring].” if helped or not:
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Mint
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