A Feast of Thanks

Walk | "Talk" | think

Rudy had failed again.  Sure, he caught prey more often than he did at the falls but not every time.  Ok, on his own he never caught a rabbit around the falls but that wasn’t the point.  So far he had killed one rabbit, one gopher, and some type of bird that hadn’t flown off.  Rudy wasn’t going to talk about the numbers that got away from him before he caught something.  The boy wasn’t worried about the loss, instead of acknowledging how close he got and how great the chase was.

Now walking into the room with all the food, his eyes widened and his gaze turned from face to face.  Askan and Tika were still close to the entryway so Rudy gave Tika a friendly shoulder bump, “Hey Tika, whatcha doin all the way near the door?” Glancing up at Askan the boy offered a cheery grin to at least acknowledge him before focusing back on Tika.  “C’mon, lets go try some of all that food, and I know just where we should sit!”

About two steps forward, pause and glance to make sure she was coming before heading over where Art was, “Hey, Art!”  Rudy wouldn’t try sneaking up on him here, it just wouldn’t be the same with all the wolves around.  Unless someone told Art it might be extra easy but Rudy was also thinking of Tika.  He wanted to get her near Art and make sure the two got to chat.  Tika had to learn to be social!  Who would be better than his brother?  Also, Rudy just enjoyed his brother’s company.