Over the River and Through the Woods

The trio pass the swinging tree trunk and reach a straight away on the track. Laughter still erupts from Ricin at intervals as the blue boy thoroughly enjoys the race with his friends. He puts on a small burst of speed, trying to gain a slight lead as they make a turn around a bend.

Ruby eyes catch sight of small stones littering the track, and he quickly scans to pick out the small islands of track not covered by the obstacles. This reminds the blue boy of the goat paths he and Chade like race along on the mountain and how he quickly has to pick out a safe path and execute it to win. For being a tall wolf, Ricin is surprising nimbly as he leaps from island to island. Spotting a large rock, he changes direction and jumps onto the boulder, pausing a moment to scan the field. If he plays it right, she should be able to by-pass the rest of the stones by leaping to the last island.

Plan made, Ricin launches himself to the island, landing and leaping over the last small section. The laughter is gone as his paws hit the track once more and he pours all his speed into this last leg. Paws thunder along as he focuses on getting to the finish line, determined to take home the win.


"Ricin Dauner"