Originally Posted by Tinka

Ohhh, eyes were on her, and Tinka felt the tips of her ears twitch with nervousness. So many eyes. And then one of the studentsies spoke to her. Tinka nodded and pulled at her ears to stop them twitching. "Tinka fine, thank you young master."


Looking from the professor, down at the mess of papers, then back again, Tinka's eyes filled with tears. She made a mess in the nice clean room. "Yes, and Tinka is a bad elf, sir! Tinka scatter your papers, sir. She will punish herself when she gets back to the kitchen. She will, SHE WILL!" Biting her lip hard, she tugged some more at her bandages.

She had? But Tinka was sure she hadn't cleaned the room. She'd....Ohhhh. "I forgot I did sir," she squeaked, eyes scanning the room nervously. "But, but...Tinka so busy, Mr....so much to do! She forgets."

Bending down to look under one of the students desks, Tinka sighed and chewed some more on her lip.

Help? Studentsies help?




"Noooooo!"

Tinka flailed her arms around in the face of the child who had bent down next to her, and looked pleadingly up at the professor. "Tinka don't need help, Mr and missus studentsies...and professor, sir. No help. Tinka fine. Nothing wrong! Nothing lost!" Shaking her head furiously, her ears flapped about around her face. Her bottom lip quivered as she looked around - she really need to get back to the kitchen!