They had given Mirka a pair of pretty pink gloves with thin fingertips and removable insulating covers that would make it possible for her to draw outside deeper into the depths of winter in these parts. The other package contained nutty with the note, “To start your hoard.”
The day was long and fun. Mirka’s highlight of the day was when she was set up on a snow throne at the end of the water section of the Christmas race and given the task of deciding who among the racers had the most fun crossing the unstable ice that gave way such that they spent more time in the water and trying to get back on the ice than they did walking or crawling across it. Those who chose not to race lined the course to cheer the racers on with much laughter all round.