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TakemetotheBurrow 
Having friends was weird.
Maddie didn't normally care much about what others thought about her and the work she did. She KNEW she was capable of great things and that was usually enough but for SOME strange reason, the first year wanted to impress Mo. She'd NEVER impressed her older brothers much and it felt nice to have someone around their age appreciate her for what she could do. So yeah, Mo's comment about her yeti made her smile pretty wide. She didn't bounce, though. She kept the bouncing at bay. "Thanks, Mo! I might have done a craft or two in my time." And the fact that he'd noticed was pretty cool. NOT that she was going to fangirl over it or anything. PSH. She was chill. Yeah.
"Do you paper mache a lot? You're pretty good at it. I didn't think boys crafted much."
Speaking of crafting, Maddie got started on the bigger yeti while she chatted with Mo. He'd need three big cotton balls 'cause yetis were big. He'd also need longer pipe cleaner arms. "You think you'll ever meet a yeti?" The first year was sure that if Mo did, he'd treat it with respect.
And Mo? He was right about the eyes. Surely she had googly eyes in her pile of craft stuff somewhere...
"Crafting makes it sound like... we're knitting bonnets or something," Mo retrieved some brown and white paint and began to bring their mountain to life. This wasn't
crafting. Was it? "But I do like to make stuff. Sometimes you can make really interesting projects out of paper mache. Like this one time, I made a fake beehive and scared the pants off my sisters with it."
The bottom of the mountain was brown and stony, although maybe he'd add some greeny lichen patches or something. And then there was snow. Lots of snow, since the yeti was a cold weather creature. And the inside of the cave was black as night.
He peeked over at Maddie as he worked. "I like that big yeti. I'd like to really meet one, even though I know it isn't perfectly safe. I'm going to Tibet this summer, actually."