Sun Mote Copse the frumious bandersnatch!

The August sun beat down relentlessly, though Sugar paid the heat no mind today. At her request, @Elwood had brought her back to the stream where he'd taken herself and Crow following their bouts of sickness. Not only was the water cool, the area was very shady, with dapples of sunlight breaking through the canopy here and there.

The youngster was in the midst of a very rousing role-play in which she played several characters simultaneously; in fact, she played all of them, save for one. Abruptly, Sugar gave a muted cry and splashed over to where here father relaxed watchfully on the bank. "Oh nos!" she shouted sotto voce, inspecting her father's nearer leg.

It was perfectly intact, of course, but in her imaginary game, Elwood had been badly burnt by a nefarious dragon! "Suge to the rescue!" the pup chimed, kicking water over the pretend wound and then nabbing some sopping wet dead leaves, complete with stinky mud and slime, to slap over Elwood's outstretched leg.

Title from "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.