Whatever Gets The Job Done

The small pup is so new to the world that everything seems so strange and exciting. Haydée builds her straw wolf while peppering Fia with questions as they work. The fact that Fia isn’t as talkative is completely lost on the happy pup. Once she has glued on the ears and legs, the girl shows off her wolf and nods to Fia’s words as she places it back down to continue.

Now comes the difficult part. Plopping the quartz in the sticky stuff, Haydée then fishes them out one by one and begins placing the stones all over the straw wolf. Long strings of the ‘glue’ are everywhere and some are even connecting the pup’s face to the straw wolf. Once she has enough of them stuck on, the pup retrieves two of the bright red stones and adds them to her wolf’s face.

The effect is kind of scary, with blood red eyes on the front of its head make it look mad. Oh wait! It needs a muzzle! Looking around their station, Haydée retrieves a pinecone and gets even more sticky, gluey stuff on it and places it in the middle of the wolf’s face. The pup giggles before realizing she needs a tail. Spying a bulrush, she sticks it on the butt of her wolf and sits back to appreciate it.

Strings hang in the air between her and the straw wolf and she begins to knock off as many as she can. A familiar comes around and helps her stick it on a thick pole to be planted in the ground later. With a triumphant grin, she looks to Fia and says, “That was a lot of fun! Thanks for letting me join you! Be seeing ya!” And, with that, Haydée gathers up her straw wolf and trots off to find her mom and show her what she made.


"Haydée Kedieo"