Fancy Dirt

Dantalian raced through the tall grass as fast as her tiny legs could carry her. Somewhere far behind her she heard he dad yell her name so she sang back in a singsong voice, "Here papa! Come find me!" And then she made a point to fall silent. Hopefully that would make her harder to find. It would be no fun if he found her right away! That wasn't much of a game. Granted, she'd only just decided they were playing again and her dad was oblivious to that, but she was sure he'd have just as much fun looking for her as she would hiding from him. Right? Right.

The little pup leaped through a tangle of long grass and suddenly found herself out in the open by the water. A man was standing  short distance away playing in the muddy water. Immediately Dantalian was intrigued. She'd never seen a grown up play in the mud before. That had to mean he was a fun one, right? Naturally she was drawn to him. She frisked over to Wyndelin and said, "Hey, what are you doing? Are you playing in the mud? That's nice. Mud's nice. I like playing in it too."