Safe And Sound

*Meadow* · 10-02-2020, 07:30 PM

Her talk of lanterns in her healing hut seems to impress Outlaw and her smile only grows. His questions are answered quickly when she explains, “Each of the lanterns have a candle made of beeswax. Each one is made to burn for several hours. All I have to do is light them. Actually, Rigel is the one that lights all the candles for me. He is a great helper.” At the mention of his name a great horned owl swoops down, out of the shadows and lands on a rock near Outlaw.

Orange eyes scrutinize the wolf for a moment before his wings unfold from his side and he bows. Dipping low, the owl straightens after a moment, tucking his wings back in and hooting a greeting to Outlaw. The owl’s eyes seem to be drawn to the cowboy hat that is perched on Outlaw’s head. Hopping closer to the wolf, he hoots at the young wolf, seeming to ask what is on his head.

Wise, inquisitive eyes look intently at the foreign object before Meadow tells her companion, “Rigel, that is a cowboy hat. Leave it on Outlaw’s head.” The owl hoots his disappointment before taking off and circling close to the pair. His question about a sun catcher has her head tilting slightly in confusion before she says, “I do not have one but that sounds beautiful.” Nodding her head in agreement to his statement about visiting, Meadow says, “You could meet my sister, Resin, too!”

As she suggests buried treasure, Outlaw looks around a puzzled look on his features. Listening to him speculate about what they might find and how to find it, Meadow feels guilt in the pit of her stomach. Well, looks like she might lose more than just one of her trinkets. When he bounds away to dig in a spot that glows less, Meadow slips away, moving behind a bush to retrieve a small silver spoon from her bag.

Quickly, so that her friend won’t miss her, she digs a hole big enough to hide the spoon. It is not too deep and she quickly places the dirt back over the object before taking a paw and drawing an ‘X’ in the dirt over where it lays. Quietly she reappears and tells him, “Well, I hear that treasure is usually hidden under a big ‘X’. Maybe we should look for that?” Pretending to look around, she ‘discovers’ the spot where she had buried the spoon. “Look Outlaw! An X!”

Stepping away to allow him to dig, she prepares to slip away and bury something else while her friend digs. While she might lose all her trinkets and shiny things tonight, at least she knows they will go to someone who will enjoy them.

"Meadow"

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