凝
=
冫
+
疑
:
Someone ate one of Nefertiti's (ni) popsicles (冫) and now she rounded up her suspects (疑) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To make things easier she congregated (凝) the suspects into a sticky mess using the rest of her popsicles.
缩
=
宿
+
纟
:
The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).