First Day Out

The boy fallowed his large father and his sister. Bravely marching out of the den for the first time and into the bright light of the new world. At first he had to squint and stand still as his eyes adjusted to the much brighter light. He grunted which sounded more like a squeak from a dying creature. So far he felt this experience was unpleasant. It took a few moments before he was able to open his eyes and take in everything around them. His eyes widened as he took in all the beautiful sights and immediately the boy began to explore. His ears caught his fathers words and he paused to look at his father as Autumn Star questioned 'why?'. It naturally made the boy curious about the bright shining water, but he turned his attention back to the plants before him, shoving his face in them to find out what they were. As he did so a small thing jumped out at him making him jump back. He looked the green creature over noting the long folded back legs and motionless eyes (a grasshopper). Instinct drove the boy to pounce on it, crushing it beneath one of his large paws then making an ugly face as he felt the gross ooze that came from it's body.

Flopping back on hi read end it picked up his paw and sniffed at the ooze before wrinkling his nose. It didn't smell pleasant and the boy wasn't about to ingest it so he wiped his paw off in the grass before looking to his mother.

"Momma what is that thing" he asked while motioning to the squished creature before him.