"Hey! Bub! Was that your muther? The old bat has got the fare wrong."

For long moments, he just lays there in the snow. Realising that no-one is going to come and investigate plus the cab-driver is getting more irate by the minute, he finally gets up (despite the pain) and pays the man.

Once that is achieved, he bravely staggers back into the house and to the relative safety of the family couch.

Within minutes, he is asleep...