With A Little Help From My Friend

Oh. Oh that was a really big paw! Within the log, Rue's blue eyes went wide. The owner of the paw certainly seemed friendly enough, but still, they were so big! Or maybe they were small and just had big feet? She wouldn't know for sure until her head was out of the log.

The voice told her to hold still, but she really didn't have a choice. She was stuck fast. Skittering and scraping was heard above and below. Rue was quite confused but said nothing. Suddenly a little striped head popped up in front of her and the earthen girl gave a startled eep of surprise. What had that been?

The voice outside told her that it was time to try and pull her head out again. Inhaling then exhaling, Rue closed her eyes tight and pulled backwards with all of her might. There was some resistance and at first she thought that she was still doomed to be stuck, but the rotting wood cracked and her head popped free.

Rue went flying backwards, colliding with whomever had saved her. "Ohhh!" She groaned. "I'm so sorry! And after you were so nice to help me!" The leggy girl jumped top hat paws and spun around intent on helping get savior to their paws. As she extended one paw to help the girl brought her giant, doe eyes upward. Her mouth formed into an O of surprise. He was purple! He was huge, handsome and purple!