No one told Stripe Fright how to handle snowmen. Rolling a snow pile into a ball and stacking said ball on top of another ball….It seemed easy enough, and yet the bat pony struggled in the snowstorm. It wasn’t the cold that bothered her, anyways, it was the actual task of keeping the snowman upright. The snowmen kept falling over, one by one, frustrating Stripe Fright to no end. It wasn’t until the fifteenth snowman that she finally took a break, catching herself from going into a fit of rage. Someone told her it would be easy, but that clearly wasn’t the case.

To be fair, she was working in great haste. Maybe, she thought, a good snowman is built in patience. This thought was countered by the urgency of her task; Stripe Fright needed to build the snowmen in time for a Cobaltchasm party. Celebrating on the surface is often a big deal for the town, and everything needed to be perfect or near such. But Stripe Fright came to the conclusion that quality is better than quantity, and patiently began rolling perfect snowmen. They weren’t necessarily the best snowpeople, but they stood up, and that was satisfying enough for her and the other partygoers.


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