Fun in the Sun
Oracle
. . . Oracle had been slow to wake that morning staying at the back of there small family group as they trouped out onto the sand. The night before she had crept out for a chance under the full moon it had been beautiful the stars shinning and the moon gleaming she had stayed on the soft white sand until the milky orb had risen high into the sky before stumbling back to the nest, she had slept on her own curled at the back of the den, it was a sure sign that she had wandered out, still she had got only a few hours sleep before Odette had woken them she had fought back but half heartedly letting her sister roll her tummy up before leaping away to wake ma. She had thought she had caught a glance from her father as she had emerged from the cave yawning widely,but she might have imagined it.
Reaching the sand she paused and stretched yawning widely once more before something caught her eye it skittered along the shore and it wasn't long before she was bouncing after it. The crab had tiny claws and though it skittered down its burrow to try and avoid her she caught it in the end digging it out and crunching it between her rear teeth, it didn't taste as good as mouse or rabbit and she quickly spat it back onto the sand. The day wore on and she almost forgot how tired she had been that morning as she chased Gala through the shadows laughing as the salty spray coated her fur. It was ode's call which alerted her to the presence on the beach and she turned watching as her sis barrelled down the beach towards the wolf moving more slowly oracle followed she was cautious of this new wolf but the scent that greeted her nose told her she shouldn't fear, family it said but still she paused a fair way off and after a few murmured exchanges her sis turned again and the wind brought words to oracles ears. A kingdom, it sounded like a game, she loved her sisters games, a smile engulfed her face as she scampered to join the two ? Ode,? she called sliding to a stop before her sister, ?can I play to?? she bowed low trying to put on a similar regal act ?I could be,? she paused what would a kingdom need jesters and cooks came to mind and she thought for a moment of the half mangled crab, but there was a better option and her tail began to wag wildly, ? a lady knight, or maybe I can be a dragon,? the thought made her smile, someone, though she couldn't remember who now had told her about dragons, big scaly beasts, who could scare away even the fiercest wolf, she suspected they weren?t real but in a game of pretend anything could be believed, yes she would like to be a dragon.
"Speech." |