last lovely smile

Something funny was going on. He could tell from the way the grown ups were still on edge. He hadn’t been old enough to remember Eden or the pup that went missing with her, and usually, he was happy to follow mumma’s words and stay put but when he saw the big spot that was sometimes a bit mean to him sneaking out, well, he was big enough now for adventures too, right?

She hadn’t even realised he was there for quite a while, he was getting so good at sneakin’. But once she did realise, well there was no reason to hide anymore so he pranced up beside her. He was used to being towered over by his siblings, but she was even taller than they were, he supposed it could be a sign of things to come.

He didn’t bother asking her where they were going, because did it even matter? He was outside the borders! The grass went crunch crunch under his paws kinda like the sand on the beach… which he thought was odd. Wasn’t grass supposed to be soft and grassy? And he noticed if he huffed really hard (it was difficult keeping up with someone with such long legs) that sometimes, his breath would form a cloud in front of him. “‘S it like this all the time out here?” He asked the girl beside him, something in his tummy told him no, it wasn’t.