You were practically aglow with excitement. When your two older brothers barrelled into the family house, twin grins splitting their faces, you had the familiar thrill of anticipation which heralded good news.

And nothing was as enthralling as hearing the lake had finally succumbed and froze over.

Sprinted ahead of your family, you discovered you weren't the only one who planned to make use of the ice.

With startling elegance and languidness, Theodore Laurence glided along the ice.