Phoenix Maplewood Thinking 'bout the last time I saw you smiling

Good guess, but no, she replied smoothly, with a slightly-dramatic shake of her head. Shreya purposefully directed herself so she wasn't telling this story as if to a child, but she was doing it with a bit of drama and gusto, in an effort to transport Saena into the story and let her escape real life for a little while.

And quite the story it was: a whole new landscape, a whole different species, and a whole lot of silly nonsense.

Not that it wasn't a true story.

The stuttering goat ran faster and faster at her adversary... and crashed into a wall of ice. For she hadn't been looking at another goat. All this time, she'd been looking at herself, reflected in the highly-polished side of a glacier. She wanted the whitest coat in all the land, but she'd had it all along. She couldn't see her own beauty, and jealousy drove her to distraction.

Only once Shreya was satisfied with her audience's response did she allow for the post-credit sequence:

Anyway, the goat had knocked herself cold on that glacier, so I enjoyed quite a delicious and easy feast that evening.