My, What Long Ears You Have!

Nico flattens his ears when the ugly deer laughs at his ignorance.  “Deer don’t always have antlers,” the coyote pup informs the donkey in case he hadn’t realized this detail. Nico’s parents had shown him deer antlers that had been shed before.  “They just fall off.”

The donkey pointed out that neither it nor the rooster had sharp teeth so Nico shouldn’t eat them.  Not having sharp teeth was a requirement of being food in Nico’s young mind.  However, he couldn’t kill Donkey and the rooster was a really questionable thing right now.  It could be worth trying if Oscar wasn’t about but there was easier food to get, the sort that was too dumb to escape or ready to fight.  Bugs as a great example.

“I’m not hungry anyway,” Nico said that as his stomach growled mightily.  Well, his stomach and the pup's mind had an argument on how hungry he was.  It had been hard to have an interest in food when alone with his memories. “Long as you don’t try to hurt me I won’t hurt you.  I guess you can stay near my tree, if you want.  I'm Nico.” Maybe he’d be interesting but more importantly, if something dangerous came along that would kill a small pup might prefer hunting a donkey.  “You talk funny by the way.”