Once upon a time, there was a pair of mittens, rather ordinary ones, one for the right hand and one for the left hand. (Call up this year's King and Queen from 12th Night Celebration to hold up mittens made out of red poster board.) These mittens had been sitting on a store shelf for a very long time and felt really sad and didn't even bother about one another. But one cold day in February, someone took them off the store shelf, bought them, and took them home to a little child. The child was delighted to see the mittens. Being just ordinary mittens they couldn't understand why. However, they felt a little curious when they were put on the child's hands. For you see, they didn't know what to expect!

Well, they found out very quickly! All of a sudden they were out in the cold snow with the little child. "Brrr-rrr," they said. They were not too sure they were going to like this. Then the child started to roll snowballs. The mittens found out that they could work together and make snowballs and roll them into a big snowman. They delighted in being used to hold the handles on a sled as they whizzed down a long hill.

For the pair of mittens, life had suddenly changed. They were happy! And most of all, they loved being together. They saw how they needed each other. When they got home they were hung on a towel rack over the heater to dry. They cuddled up close and without even knowing it, they made a little heart with their thumb parts.

As the month of February went on they grew to love being with the child out in the snow, and they also grew to love each other. So very often you'd see the two happy mittens hanging on the rack, making a little heart with their thumb parts.