Colors of Winter. Краски зимы

Глава 1Colors of Winter"Mommy! Mommy, look!"The young woman tore her gaze away from the computer screen, spinning in her chair to face her daughter. But her daughter, as always, had her nose pressed to the windowpane. When she was just a tiny thing, she'd learned to drag her little stool over to the windowsill, climb up, and gaze out at the garden for hours. Now the girl was six, and her love for that garden window hadn't faded one bit. This year, they'd finally replaced the old wooden frame with modern plastic. Now the little one could sit comfortably on the wide sill, and Mommy didn't have to worry about her precious child catching a chill."Well, what did you see there, my little dreamer?""There are snow snakes out there! They're playing tag between the trees."Outside, the season's first snow flurries swirled across grass sti…