Shhh! Don't tell mom!

Walk | "Talk" | think

Rudy had thought about the trouble they would get into if their mom’s found out.  Rudy had considered it might be dangerous outside pack lands without their mom’s or another pack member to protect them.  Unfortunately, he also thought of what a challenge it would be to slip out without getting caught and the notion of danger turned into the thrill of adventure, and who knew what there was to see outside the packland?

Doing something dangerous alone was of course a bad idea.  Taking a friend along, or in this case, his brother would make it less bad.  Not so much that two pups against a dangerous predator would be much different than one, only that companionship helped one avoid thoughts of danger.  Besides, Arty was pretty tough, right?  Not as tough as Rudy obviously, but still tough.

So it was he had worked Arty over with his charm.  He had told Art of the really cool things he’d heard other wolves talk about of things beyond the pack land.  There was a place to the south with lots of trees and some wolves hunted over there.  The trees were somehow different there and that also made him want to see it.  So to Art, he mentioned how amazing the place was supposed to be, and that he’d heard it was a place great for learning how to fight better.  Maybe he mentioned that with all the tree’s they probably had a wide variety of perfect sticks to choose from.  Maybe he mentioned plenty of wildlife to keep an eye on and it would be better to have two sets of eyes to not be surprised.

It had been super fun all the way up to the pack borderline.  He would never admit to the knot in his stomach as the pup did the unthinkable and stepped over it.  Hmm, nothing happened.  Not yet.  Glancing about he looked to see if anyone was watching.  He had tried to find a spot no one would catch them sneaking out but it was hard to avoid everyone.  Would any wolf or companion jump on him right away or would they run or fly off to tell mom or momma?  Oh well, it wouldn’t do to look uncertain with Art there.  

“This is gonna be so cool,” Rudy whispered after they were a full minute away from the pack official boundary line, “the place is supposed to be so amazing.  You’ll be the best fighter ever with the stick and training we can find for you.  The moment I heard about it I figured you’d be interested in those sticks.”  How long did they have before someone caught on? Could they be gone for an hour or two and make it back without anyone realizing it?

With the strange trees coming into sight Rudy’s mind quit worrying so much about being caught.  The trees were super strange! “Wow, look at that.”