The Yellow Duck dislikes the Winter Storm

"This sucks," Toad said flatly, as he looked outdoors. Ms. Fish and the Yellow Duck looked at him in shock.

"Toad!" the Yellow Duck hissed. "You're not supposed to say that word! My mom will get mad. Say stinks instead."

"Well, it does," Toad insisted, not apologetic in the least. "This is horrible weather. We can't play outside in this weather."

"It's dreadfully chilly," Ms. Fish sniffed, twirling around in her bowl. "After being outside for 30 minutes, my bowl started to ice over. Can you imagine?"

The Yellow Duck sat glumly on the couch. "You know, I'd tried to think of fun things we could do," he said, inspecting his feathers. "But I couldn't come up with anything. We've played games, watched a video, played hide and seek, and made a fort."

"Then I destroyed the fort!" Toad grinned. Ms. Fish rolled her eyes. "You shouldn't have done that," she said snappily. "It took me a long time to put that up."

The Yellow Duck stared at her. "We put it up," he said, looking at Toad.

"I know!" Ms. Fish said. "And you needed a lot of direction! It took forever to get my vision into you numbskulls' heads!"

"Nag," Toad muttered.

"Idiot," Ms. Fish shot back. Before they could erupt into a war, the Yellow Duck held up his wings. "Guys, let's think of something fun to do," he said. They all sat quietly for several minutes.

"I know!" the Yellow Duck said. "Let's act out a fairy tale!"

"Which fairy tale?" Toad said suspiciously. "I don't want a girly fairy tale. I want one where I can fight a dragon and bad guys!" He brandished a wrapping paper tube as a sword and pointed it to the Yellow Duck.

"We make up our own fairy tale!" The Yellow Duck said. His friends just stared at him and he sighed. "Like, Toad could fight an evil monster and I could be a king."

"I'm a princess!" Ms. Fish squealed.

"I'm not rescuing her," Toad said, sticking his green nose in the air.

The three friends proceeded to create their own fairy tale. Toad set off to fight a dragon, while Ms. Fish was a princess stuck high in the tower. The Yellow Duck served as King of the Mer-ducks and their enchanted underwater kingdom.

The friends had so much fun that they didn't realize it was time for dinner. They decided to play again the next day, and continue their fun.

Well, as long as Toad didn't have to rescue Ms. Fish. That was the one thing he would not do.