Splish splash, not taking a bath

Arc woke up as soon as the sun started peeking through the entrance of their den and he very, very carefully untangled himself from the pile that he was in with his mom and Satira and crept past a still sleeping Acantha so that he could sneak outside. They had gone outside for the first time a few days ago and unlike his fussy sister he was very excited and eager to go exploring and get into every little thing he could find. He walked out through the dew covered grass, quickly getting his downy puppy fur wet and clumpy all around his legs and stomach as he waded through it like he was wadding through water. Which, speaking off, he came across a puddle near by from a recent rain and stopped, poking a white-dipped paw at the surface of the water and watching it move and ripple around his leg.

Grinning a toothy grin, Arc crouched down and coiled his little legs under him before launching himself forward with a giggle to land square in the middle of a muddy puddle, splashing water and mud all over the place and all over himself. He splashed and kicked around the water till he noticed a leaf floating on the opposite edge of the puddle and then he got down into a crouch, pretending to be like an alligator creeping along the surface of the water till he got to the leaf and then leapt at his pretend prey, biting and shaking the leaf around. But doing that got mud in his mouth so he quickly spit it back out, sputtering and spitting as he shook his head with a scowl.

"Arcturus Fatalis"