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Live a little--ring the bells

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Sidebottom yelled and rang his way through a tunnel. The Great Bell was in here somewhere, and when he found it he'd ring it himself! Along the way he gave bells to any creature he met that could hold one.

He skidded to a stop when he saw a small tunnel with a flat floor: a Doozer passage. Whatever was at the other end of the tunnel was more brightly lit than the dim caves. He crawled in, the bells scraping on the rock walls as he squirmed through the tight passage. When he emerged into an open space he found himself in the presence of dozens of astonished Doozers wearing tiny parkas. He jumped off the ramp—the Doozer stick bridge wouldn't hold his weight—and began ringing two bells. He cried, "Happy Festival of the Bells!"

The Doozers milled around, shocked by the invasion of the Doozer Dome. Sidebottom spied a crane, and began hanging bells from it. Soon one Doozer, a redheaded female, shouted up, "Hey! What are you doing?"

"You're invited to the Festival of the Bells! And since you aren't in the Great Hall, I'm bringing it to you! C'mon, live a little! Ring the bells!"

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An illustration for Trials and Tintinnabulations. This is my favorite image from the whole story and one of the first I sketched out. I'm just now doing a finished pic. Go figure.

I've started using an old Wacom tablet. It's gonna take no small amount of practice to get good enough to ink onscreen, but, wow, I love shading with it, especially when drawing hair and fur textures!
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I still don't know how I feel about Sidebottom taking over Boober's body, but I guess he needed to, and he did bring the bells to everyone... This is one of my favourite parts of the story too. My favourite parts would probably have to be the part with Boober's hoarding and Boober running around the cave though but there's something really special about this moment. I guess it's that even when it's so cold, Sidebottom brought back the life to Fraggle Rock.