No thank you!

In all the hub bub of her freaking out over the crunchy beetle she didn't even notice the lady approaching her at first. She stopped in the middle of a frantic paw rub against the grass and looked up with the black-furred, blue-eyed lady spoke. "Hello!" Elise responded nearly immediately, hopping up and turning to face her new friend in one energetic movement. Her tail was wagging behind her and she gave the woman a wide grin when she mentioned that there was much better prey around than that stupid beetle. Well of course there was! Anything was better than the crunchy squishy beetle thing.

"Yeah!" she said enthusiastically, giving a little bounce for emphasis. "Would you help me catch some? That would be fun!" She spun in a circle like she was already looking for where her next target would be until she realized she wasn't following any of her parents rules for being polite. She stopped spinning immediately, nearly knocking herself over in the wake of her own energy. "Oh! I'm Elise!" she exclaimed as she dipped her head the way her father had taught her to. Her name sounded a bit messy with the little bit of lisp that drug out the end so that it sounded more like "Elissse". She didn't pay it any mind though as she focused on the mysterious woman with the pretty ribbon around her leg. "What's your name?"