The beginning after the end

Maybe he hadn't been hearing things after all. The story was interrupted when he heard some shuffling and his ears swiveled toward the burrow, listening as carefully as he could manage with his relatively limited attention span. Asking about the bear fight seemed very interesting but so did getting some experience with a real hunt. His thoughts were distracted by something sneaking up from the burrow, and he squinted as he watched the groundhog carefully. The older boy instructed him to block the den's entrance, and he gave him a nod of understanding. He was quiet as he crept out of the bush at first, making sure Áskell was moving too. Not long after he headed toward the prey animal it began to flee, and Veigar quickly scrambled over to block the burrow. At first it dove back toward the safety of its burrow, only doubling back when Veigar cleared the distance with a big leap, effectively blocking it from the groundhog.