-- boats against the current

Mother would be calling her to the den soon, she was sure. With the receding of the sun night would soon be upon them and Song was dissuaded from letting the pups play when it got too late. For that reason Novel was enjoying the last parts of the day as much as she could. No bug was safe from her, and taking a quick lesson from her sister she would learn that chasing them was quite amusing.
Her gaze was faceteted particularly close to a large moth. It's giant green wings would tempt Novel into a chase. It would flutter just out of reach as the small she wolf wandered after, unaware of exactly where she was stepping. Every day her mother would caution her to stay away from the water ways. Today had been no different, except this time her usual caution had worn off. As the moth fluttered tantalizingly away Novel stepped over the bank right into the river.
A squeal of surprise would fall from her lips as she felt the water take her, its coldness seeping into first her fur and then her lungs. She paddled to the surface, sputtering as she broke through. She paddled as hard as she could, but the water was deceivingly strong. "Help!" she would be able to cry as helplessness over took her.


"speech"