Trial and Error Crafts

Chade had memories from long, long ago, like two months by now, when they had fur’s to lay on top of instead of the solid ground.  Not that it was bad to lie on the ground but a pelt would be nicer at times and he imagined that it could be good to stop them from being seen by some predators when one of them slept.  The problem was Chade had never learned how to make one.

Chade looked at the corpse of the goat they had just killed and already ate a good portion of it. “Hey, Ricin, I’m gonna try and make a pelt like the ones we use to sleep on before…” he decided not to finish the statement.  They didn’t need to think too much about what they had lost. The two brothers had focused more on eating the underside of the goat first and a good amount of hiding from back and sides were still in one piece.

Chade gripped a part of the animal's skin where it was already torn and tried to just pull it up as if it would just peel away but it didn’t seem to be working.  He managed to tear off part of it that way, another attempt just left teeth holes into it and he sat down stumped.  For a moment he just looked at the corpse.  Grabbing the hide in his mouth again the boy tried to use his claws to peel it back and peeled off a small fraction but it still didn’t go easily nor was it pulling cleanly.

“This is hard,” Chade muttered looking about.  Ears pricked and cautiously he approached a bit of chipped stone that started off thick but at the end was slim and looked to have an edge.  Chade considered it for a few moments before picking it up and taking it back to the corpse.  Using a paw to kick up a piece of the hide, Chade used the sharp stone in his mouth for a better precise cut.  It wasn’t perfect and at points, the sharp end cut into a muscle or cut partially into the hide but it was better than claws and teeth had been.

“It’ll be great,” Chade muttered in slurred speech as he cut.  “Soft, warm, or above us when raining.”  It also was a symbol that not only could they survive but they could do so with a bit more comfort than two puppy victims.  

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