It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.

The line compresses a whole childhood drama into a few brisk clauses: creation (the snowman), rivalry and rough justice (each brother knocking the other down), and the swift restoration of domestic order (tea). Its humor comes from the matter-of-fact sequencing, as if violence and reconciliation are equally ordinary parts of family life. The snowman—temporary, easily destroyed—also hints at the fragility of childhood projects and the cyclical nature of seasons and memories: “last year too” suggests that such small wars and peacemakings repeat, becoming the texture of recollection. The final turn to tea underscores a specifically British/Welsh sense of homely ritual that absorbs conflict and returns life to normal.