Sun Mote Copse The Art of the Dinner Date

I did not know, what they were called in English. Reminds me that in my childhood we used to stick them on our noses and pretend that we were rhinos. :)

"I think that, what you have in mind, look more like plants. Algae are super-small plants - like sand grains - but, when there is a lot of them, they become green stuff, literally," Wraen was wizard with words, when it came to spinning tales, but it was not sufficient to draw a clear scientific image of botany subjects. 

"We can go and see, if there are any left now. The water was not frozen, when I checked last, we are bound to find something," she offered, but before they set off a gust of whirlybirds engulfed them. Wraen snapped i the air, trying to catch one, but the little cloud of maple seeds had already moved on. 

"During summer in waterways that stand still - ponds, lakes or riverbends - algae accumulate so much that the water becomes green and slushy," she said, trying to draw an image of, waht "algal bloom" looked like. "Sometimes the smell is altered, sometimes not, but if you see such a change in water, consuming it can make you either very sick or you can die," she told. "Or you get a terrible rash, if you swim there."