​     Gramps saw the child skid away from the rest of the family.

     Gramps dashed for him and snatched him up. 

     "Abby!"

     He saw his daughter and grandchildren some six feet away through the fiercely falling snow. 

     They looked more frigid with each passing moment. 

      Three algren came at Gramps and the child from three different directions. Damn!

     Gramps pitched the child in Abby's direction even as he kicked and blasted at the three algren.

     The child fell back into Abby's arms.   

     Abby's family hugged the child, and they immediately began to warm up again. 

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