(The camera zooms out from a shot of the gang huddled around the fire, looking through the twisted tree limbs. But sometimes, people see smoke coming up from the chimney, like little Nini is still trying to get warm. The camera pans left to Sokka, who is hiding behind a tree trunk and peering over.) (Aang wraps Momo's ears around his head nervously. When she was alone, she heard a voice, (little girl's voice) "It's so cold and I can't get warm." Mom turned and saw Nini standing by the fire. While the men went out to search, Mom stayed in the house. When they got there, no one was home, just a fire flickering in the fireplace. So mom and some others went to check on Nini's family. A month later, Mom realized she hadn't seen her friend Nini since the storm. (everyone focuses their attention on her) One winter, when Mom was a girl, a snowstorm buried the whole village for weeks. Sokka: Is this one of those "a friend of my cousin knew some guy that this happened to" stories? Katara: No, wait, I've got one, and this is a true Southern Water Tribe story. Toph: Water Tribe slumber parties must stink. Aang, Katara, and Toph are unimpressed.)Īang: I think I liked "the man with a sword for a hand" better. (Sokka dramatically pulls his sword out and wails in an attempt to be scary. And they knew the blade of Wing - Fun was haunted! Aah-ah. Sokka: Suddenly, they heard something down the hall, in the dark. The camera pans right to Aang and his friends gathered around a campfire underneath a gnarled and twisted tree.
Cut to a shot of Appa fast asleep inside a cave.
A single, large mountain is seen in the background underneath the bright moon. (The episode opens with a shot of the waxing moon hovering in the night sky, almost full.