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After Xiao Douzi finished making all the animals, she put down the piercing needle, shook her slightly sore wrists, and then started working on some environmental details with Lin Ye.

The materials on the table had been almost used up, leaving only scraps of colored cardstock, crumbs of felt, and scattered pipe cleaners...

Various scraps lay haphazardly on the table.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, casting a fuzzy golden glow on the edges of the debris.

She rummaged through the materials box and found a small bag of colorful pipe cleaners. She took out a few brown ones and glued them together to make a small door.

Then he took half a white pipe cleaner, bent it into a small bird stand, and placed it on the door frame of the small door.

Then Xiao Douzi turned his head and picked up a small parrot from the table.

The parrot is made with a yellow pom-pom as a base, and its body is covered with feathers of different colors made of felt of various colors. Two tiny blue feathers are glued to its tail.

She carefully placed the little parrot on the white bird stand, squeezed some glue to secure it, and adjusted its angle by pinching its body with her fingers so that its face was facing the outside of the small door.

After placing it securely, Xiao Douzi withdrew her hand, tilted her head to look, and a smile appeared on her lips: "This is the parrot that praised Xiao Douzi for being cute!"

Then she picked up a piece of blue cardstock, folded it into the shape of a small basin, with a square bottom and slightly outward-curving edges.

After finishing, she placed the small basin next to the Totoro, then took out a small wad of white felt and stuffed it inside, tugging at it to make it fluffy and spread out at the bottom of the basin.

This is a small bathtub for Totoro to take a bath.

……

Even the haystacks from the interactive ranch weren't overlooked.

Xiao Douzi rummaged through the latrine and pulled out a few leftover toothpicks. He then took out a few sheets of yellow crepe paper, crumpled the paper into a small ball, and stuck it onto the toothpicks to secure it, thus creating a small haystack.

They repeated this process several times, making four or five haystacks, which they then placed neatly along the ranch fence.

She pointed to the smallest haystack and turned to Lin Ye, shouting, "Godfather, look! This is the haystack we sat on back then!"

Lin Ye looked at the "stack of hay" that was only the size of a fingernail, and recalled how happy Xiao Douzi was that day. The corners of his mouth unconsciously curved up.

"Hmm, our little one has a really good memory."

Little Douzi chuckled, lowered his head, and used his fingertips to straighten the bundle of hay a little more.

……

Ms. Su walked around a few times and returned to the front of the classroom. Seeing that everyone was working hard, she clapped her hands.

A crisp round of applause rang out, and all the chatter gradually ceased as if a mute button had been pressed.

"When the children are doing crafts," Su Wan's gentle and clear voice rang out, her gaze slowly sweeping over each of the upturned little faces.

"You can think about it some more—" She paused, her eyes crinkling into a smile.

"How can I involve myself and my parents in the story of this work?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Douzi lowered his head, his gaze falling on the pet pavilion in front of him, which was already mostly completed.

All the animals that left a deep impression on her were in there—

Hairless cats, Bichon Frises, Chinchillas, Angora rabbits, parrots, snakes, dwarf sheep... they all quietly squatted in their respective areas.

Little Douzi remained silent for a moment, lost in thought, then suddenly raised his head, his gaze fixed on Lin Ye's face: "Godfather, I want to make two more people!"

Lin Ye was cutting felt with a knife, preparing to make some partitions for the petting zoo, when he heard this and looked up at her: "Who's there?"

"One godfather, and one little dumpling!" The little dumpling's eyes were extremely serious.

"Because Xiao Douzi and her godfather went to the petting zoo together. They also saw the animals together."

She paused, her tone resolute.

"The pet stores we're running now are missing two of the most crucial people!"

"Okay." Lin Ye heard his own voice ring out softly, even gentler than usual. "Then Godfather will do it with you."

The beam of light in the classroom slowly shifted, shortening the shadow of the row of material boxes on the table by half an inch.

For the rest of the time, Lin Ye and Xiao Douzi each kept their heads down, holding the needles between their fingers, concentrating on making the little figures in their hands.

Lin Ye made a small bag; he first plucked a small tuft of flesh-colored wool and poked it on the head.

The ball of fur gradually tightened and hardened in his hands. He added a few more stitches from the side to make the curve on top of the head fuller.

Then he covered half of it with a layer of black wool, which was his hair.

After the hair was laid out, he used two smaller balls of black wool to make two small balls and fixed them to the left and right sides of his head.

This is Xiaodouzi's usual hairstyle, with two round buns on either side of her head, which is playful and cute.

The body is made of light yellow wool, the same color as the sweater Xiaodouzi wore that day.

I cut out a small piece of pink felt and made her a little skirt with a slightly upturned hem.

Xiao Douzi is playing Lin Ye.

She chose a ball of dark gray wool to cover her body; Lin Ye was wearing a dark gray coat that day.

Then she started getting a facial.

She worked extremely slowly on every part—eyes, nose, mouth—giving Lin Ye a quick glance after each few needle pricks, carefully comparing them.

When it reached the mouth, the little dumpling paused for a moment.

She glanced at Lin Ye again, then quickly lowered her eyes, secretly tugging the corners of her mouth upwards a little more.

This is what my godfather's mouth looks like when he smiles happily.

He usually smiles very lightly in front of strangers, just a polite smile.

She only smiles heartily when he's with her; she wants to be a happy, smiling godfather.

Finally, both little figures were finished.

Lin Ye, made by Xiaodouzi, is a tiny figure wearing a dark gray coat, with neatly combed hair, a smile on his lips, one hand hanging at his side, and the other hand stretched out to the side with his fingers slightly spread.

Lin Ye made a little bag—with two small buns tied up, wearing a yellow sweater and pink skirt, her face tilted back, one hand raised high.

Xiao Douzi placed the two little figures side by side on the table, picked up the glue, and squeezed a small drop onto each of their palms.

Then immediately put both palms together and gently pressed them for a while.

"That way they won't separate!" Little Douzi happily lifted the two glued-together figures and shook them.

Their hands were tightly joined together, and no matter how much they shook, they couldn't separate.

Then she placed the two little figures holding hands at the very front of the petting zoo, and the whole scene suddenly seemed to become complete.

Two little people stand together, holding hands, surrounded by a group of animals.

Little Douzi sat back in his chair, braced his hands on the edge of the table, and tilted his head to look for a long time.

Sunlight streamed obliquely through the window, falling on the shadows of the two small figures side by side. The shadows stretched into two thin, closely spaced lines on the table.

As she looked at it, she suddenly leaned against Lin Ye, nuzzling her head against his arm, and said in a muffled voice, "Godfather, I really like this."

Lin Ye looked down at the corners of her mouth that were turned up, raised his hand to rub her hair, and gently hummed in agreement.

"My godfather likes it too."