A Little Stuck

Oscar is a lot of things; grumpy, stubborn, foul mouthed… yeah, a lot of things. However, there is a reason for the hard exterior the small ass puts forth. It actually hides the soft nougaty center that is the grumpy donkey’s heart. His little herd can often catch glimpses of the softer side, mostly from the way he frets about them and makes sure they find enough food. Perhaps it is foolish to help a predator but the small donkey’s heart still aches from Mrs. B’s loss. He had been with the wooly rhino since he was a colt and losing her had brought the pain of being an orphan screaming back. However, this time he has his herd. Kyren and Rannoch are his family and Oscar would lay down his life for them. So, when the grumpy ass sticks his head over the edge of the hole the big cat is trapped in, the small donkey tries to keep up his gruff front.

The cat is huge, a truly massive specimen of… well, whatever she is. Her ruby narrows suspiciously at him and the donkey quirks an eyebrow at her question followed by a loud braying laugh at her statement of eating him when she gets free. Bobbing his head sagely, Oscar’s thick Irish tones say, “Aye, that you could ma’am. But based on your size, I’d be little more a snack to ya. Not even enough to whet your appetite. Still, can’t stand seeing other’s in trouble. Let’s call it my ‘good deed’ for the day.” Throwing a playful wink to the big cat, he goes on to answer her first question, “Name’s Oscar and I’m, what some call, an ass.” He puffs out his chest proudly while wiggling his eyebrows playful at the cat. Then, Kyren steps up next to him, showing off his saber fangs at the trapped cat.

Looking to large deer, Oscar shakes his head before glancing around to make sure that Rannoch had made it safely down. The huge elk is close behind and pokes his head over the edge to look at the massive cat as well. The quiet elk looks over the cat as the donkey carefully watches the large kid. He is part of their herd now and Oscar feels the need to protect him from the large, scary world. Suddenly, Kyren is speaking of the cat convincing him to help while Rannoch is already moving to dislodge the rocks that trap her paw. Casting the reindeer a glance, Oscar says, “Oi, Kyren. You gonna broker a peace treaty while we dig the lady out?” Quirking an eyebrow, the donkey looks back to cat and says, “Look. If you promise not to eat me, Kyren or Rannoch, we’ll help ya get out. Maybe even find some food that isn’t us. Deal?”

Without waiting for an answer, Oscar slides down into the hole, straightening up to move toward Rannoch. Nugget shoots the cat dirty looks from Oscar’s rump, grumbling under his breath about stupid donkey’s trying to get eaten. Making it to the stuck appendage, Oscar waits to be told how he can help. Long ears flick anxiously as he looks at her trapped paw and bites his lip.


"Oscar"|"Nugget"