One day Rufus was getting ready to take Tom for his walk. He was standing ready in his harness, when Tom said to Rufus "it's snowing today, so I have a little red coat for you to wear."
"Snowing?" Thought Rufus. "I wonder what snowing is?"
Even though he didn't understand, Rufus stood still like a good boy and let Tom put the little red coat on him. It was soft and warm and covered his back and tummy just nicely! Rufus liked the little red coat so much that he wagged his tail and gave Tom a big smile to say thank you.
Tom put on a pair of green wellies, he always put the wellies on when it was raining. "I wonder if snow is like rain?" Rufus thought. "It must be wet, that's why Tom's wearing his wellies!"
Finally, Tom opened the door and they stepped outside together. Rufus couldn't believe his eyes! Everything was white! He couldn't see the grass anymore and the car and the trees were all covered in the strange, white stuff!
"Look Rufus," said Tom. "Isn't the snow pretty?"
Rufus wagged his tail slowly. The white stuff must be the snow. It was very pretty, but very cold. He was ever so pleased to have his little red coat on.
Tom and Rufus set off through the snow. Rufus had to lift his paws up high so that he could climb through it. "Walking in the snow is hard work!" He thought.
Eventually Tom and Rufus got to the park. All the trees and bushes were covered in snow. The swings in the playground were very still and held the powder balanced on their seats. "This is really pretty!" Thought Rufus.
Rufus began to run through the snow, he turned around to see if Tom was still behind him and saw an amazing sight! His little paws had left prints in the snow! Rufus thought that this was great, so he ran in a big circle, leaving lots of little prints behind him.
"Rufus!" Called Tom.
Rufus looked at Tom, he had a big ball of snow in his hand. "Wow!" Thought Rufus. "Snow can be made in to things!"
Tom threw the ball of snow and Rufus jumped up and caught it in his mouth. The ball broke and suddenly his mouth was full of water! This was why Tom was wearing wellies! Rufus had great fun catching the balls of snow and leaving little prints behind him as he ran.
Eventually it was time to go home. Rufus sniffed a big round man that some of the local children had made from the snow and then trotted down the road.
When they got in to the house Rufus saw that the snow they had brought in with them was melting on the floor and leaving puddles. Rufus helped Tom to mop up the water and then they took off his little red coat.
Nic was waiting on the sofa with some hot chocolate for her and Tom to drink, so all three of them snuggled up on the sette and warmed up together.
