Dream A Little Dream of Me

"Ugh... are you kidding me?! No snack?" Auntie Theo was really pushing her luck today. Only a real, big monster badger would take away her snack. Fable grumbled to herself as she loped closer, trying to close the distance between them. She had good stamina but wasn't particularly quick on her paws. It made it doubly hard when trying to keep up with the adults around her - they were all so huge. Each Fable stride could fit like, four or five times into one Auntie Theo stride. Everything felt so boring and hard when you had to crane your neck to look up at all of the adults in your life. Hopefully she'd hit her growth spurt soon. Some of her siblings had. They walked around like little deer, eighty percent legs and not a lot else. I'm gonna be so tall. So, so tall. Then I'll have a snack whenever I want. Fable almost ran into Theory's back legs when her aunt stopped to talk to some strangers. "Oh! She's carrying something in her mouth!" Fable said, peeking around Theo's legs. "Is it a snack?"