Carried away by a moon shadow
Oracle
. . . There was to much light and oracle frowned huffing as she turned trying to find a new more comfortable position against her fathers side. But it was impossible the light streamed into the cave seeming to light up every corner, everyone else was asleep but she just couldn't she knew what caste the light her mother had explained how the moon changed through the coarse of the month and she had watched it as it grew smaller then disappeared but this was the first time in her short life that it had been full. Groaning slightly she sat up careful not to bump the little ball of fluff that slept in-front of her, ode seemed to always sleep with da, nor the huge Goliath that had till that point been her pillow. Slowly and carefully she crept towards the entrance to the den, stepping over the legs of her sleeping parents as she moved steadily closer to freedom finally stood at the gapping mouth of the cave she let out a breath she had not realised she had been holding, this was not the first time she had snuck out, her paws knew well the ledge outside there cave, and had the light been low or the moon gone completely she would still have managed to find the path that led down to the sand below.
She paused for a moment at the head of the trail and glanced back towards the cave in the moonlight she could see the rocky mouth and for a moment she expected her father or mother to suddenly burst through it and scoop her up carrying her back inside, for a few seconds she stood still waiting but nothing happened so with a little grin she totted down the compressed dirt and rock slope, at the edge of the sand she paused gathering herself before stepping out onto the every moving surface, she stumbled a little but caught her balance and began to move forward stopping only when she could see the large expanse of sand left by the retreating tide. She remembered telling her father that she thought some sort of creature must live in the ocean depth and suck in all the water twice a day only to vomit it up when its stomach had could take no more, he had told her then about the tides and she had listened though she still liked her version better. She sat there on the high tide mark amongst the would and seaweed looking up at the moon. She considered howling it seemed like the right thing to do but she knew for sure that that would wake someone who would drag her back to the cave. And so she stood it was then that a movement caught her eye and she turned watching as a tiny creature scuttled across the sand fascinated she ran after it and watched as it paused then vanished into a burrow, then another appeared, silence and propriety forgotten she began to chase the funny little side walking creatures laughing as they scampered for their burrows. So focused was she on her game that she didn't realise that she was no longer alone.
"Speech." |