In the Bleak Midwinter

[Nicolas Flamel]

It was a lovely snowy day in the park, and Nicolas was enjoying a good walk in the park when he spotted a girl dropping something in the snow. He walked towards it, and as she looked back along her steps Colle bent down to pick it up.

"My child, is this what you're looking for?" he asked, offering the piece of charcoal that had fallen to the snow. "It's become quite damp, I'm afraid."