[Challenge #323: Nomad] Original Fiction: 'Winter'

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Title: 'Winter'
Fandom: Original Fiction
Rating: G

Winter came down from the north like an eager nomad, sweeping through with frigid winds. Ice crystals and snow wafted along, gracing everything they touched with a soft glaze of frost.

When the snow clouds passed, the sun shone bright, piercing a white-blue sky: A chill, fresh-scented light that made all things sparkle.

As some animals, their fur thick with warm winter coats, trudged drowsily to their dens, others sniffed and snuffed, looking for that rare tuft of grass, or for a buried nut here and there, as humans gathered firewood, their cheeks bright pink with the chill.

Comments

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This description is so pretty!

I'm really drawn to that last paragraph and the repetition of the "uh" sound throughout. Gives it a coherent feel.