It was the middle of summer, but he would be glad to have them if a freak blizzard struck!
“Don’t forget your hat!” his mum told him as he was lacing up his boots. He put it on and tightened the drawstring under his chin.
“Do you really need the hi vis vest, though?” she asked.
“Better safe than sorry!” he told her in a serious voice.
With that, the boy set off into the forest. Dewdrops still rested on the leaves of the palm trees, and