Starlight Starbright

Kione hadn’t planned on company tonight.  He wasn’t the sort to chase anyone away but tonight wasn’t the moment to show his jovial side, at least not this moment.  There had to be time for remembrance and the stars tonight had claimed his soul for a bit.  He was the only one left of his family and if none of the others had got a chance to find a place up there, would he?  Kione wasn’t aware of any great deed to earn himself a spot.

“That one,” nodding to the one had pointed out earlier, “Stratos, the lone hunter.  It was said he was the only wolf who has roamed the entire western land, far beyond the sea we know here.  He took his knowledge of the land to the sky.”  Kione glanced to the east and pointed to the other, “Goramus.  It is said a large fire ranged across the land.  He saved many wolves, including pups.  He would not give up till all escaped the flames.  Sadly, he was the only wolf to die in that giant fire.”  It was a sad tale but the ending had a glorious note, “now he also watches the sky.  No flame can ever touch him up there and he can keep watch of all his kind.”  

Obviously, the wild dog had always preferred stories of his own kind but it didn’t mean the other species could not have their own glorious tales.  There were lessons mixed in.


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