Only the Beginning
08-11-2013, 07:54 AM
~*~ All his life the pup had known only warmth and comfort and a full belly, but lately things had been getting more and more crowded. The other lives around him, those he would come to know as siblings, were always moving around and seemed to push him. Finally today the pushes and the pressure got worse. He nudged around, his closed eyes squeezing tighter as he searched blindly for a way out of the world that had gotten too small for him. It was a struggle but eventually he was free again. The world opened up and he had space to move around once more. And move he did. The rooting instinct took over as he began the most awkward and futile movements of his life - his belly dragging on the cave floor as he summoned all his strength to even try to raise his huge head. 'Mother' had been the world around him, but now he had to find it again. Luckily, he had the familiar forms of his siblings there. Soon enough he was comfortable and nursing. |