Hazard hears a sharp but strange chirp behind him. He recognizes it as Toulia and quickly turns to see what is going on. A few steps behind him, Hazard finds Toulia with her tongue firmly frozen to the flagpole he had just passed.

"I thod id wadda myff" Toulia shyly admits, her eyes clearly pleading for help with her predicament.

Clad in thick winter clothing and wing covers, Hazard quickly waddles to Toulia and puts his muzzle near where her tongue is frozen to the flagpole. Taking a deep breath, he slowly releases and ignites a small amount of his fire fluid while exhaling sharply. Rather than a stream of fire, Hazard directs a stream of super-heated air onto the pole next to Toulia's tongue. The ice melts almost immediately and Toulia's tongue is safely back inside her cute beak.

After taking a moment to warm the tip of her tongue inside her beak, Toulia softly coos, "Thank you." Hazard can tell that she is embarrassed.

"It's good to see you don't believe everything you see in movies and on TV," assures Hazard as he snuggles up beside Toulia and extends his covered wing around her as much as he can. "You should be a little more careful though on how you do your own research." Toulia chirps happily at his comments.

Once Toulia is sure she is okay, Hazard gives her beak one last nuzzle and the two continue on their way.

This cute piece was drawn by  Flinters during his "Give Back Stream".