Boys are from Mars
06-13-2016, 06:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-13-2016, 06:26 PM by Taufr.)
In the middle of the Forest was a large pile of pine needles, dirt and whatever else littered the forest floor. Deep gouges criss-crossed the dirt around the pile in an uneven circle; the marks clearly created during the construction of the pile. Laying on top of the pile was a tangle of freshly severed branches whose bases were riddled with teeth marks and nearly bare of bark. Every once in a while the pine needle pile and all the crap piled on top of it rose ever so slightly as the beast underneath it took a breath. Taufr hadn't been having much luck with hunting as of late. He was just a little too bulky and a little too clumsy to put a hurt on the rabbit population, and since chasing didn't seem to be working he decided to try something else. He'd seen plenty of spiders sit perfectly still in their webs until a bug came along and then wham! the spider had a meal. So why not try the sit-and-wait method? It seemed to work for the spiders. Granted, the chase-and-pounce method seemed to work for most wolves, so what did he know? His mother's voice somehow managed to filter down through the crap piled on Taufr's head. As soon as it reached his ears the boy's head shot up out of the pile. He canted his head to the side as he listened. She was calling for him only? Yes! Overjoyed with the chance to get his mom all to himself Taufr leaped out of his pile in an explosion of forest debris. He adored his sisters, but sometimes he just wanted to hang out with someone who wasn't a girl. And who better to hang out with than mom, who was totally not a girl? Rounding the base of one of the Forest's huge trees brought Katja into view. After sobering a little (because grown ups were serious and he desperately wanted to be one) Taufr trotted closer. "Móðir," he greeted, his tone curious. Was it time for a lesson? He wanted to tell her about the ravens that had followed him around earlier, but first he wanted to know why he'd been called. In all honesty he was hoping she was going to take him to the battlefield or something and sic him on an enemy. That's what ravens meant, right? Hm...maybe he should tell her about the ravens first. |
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