Proving Oneself

Kipling knew that his sister was overly protective and he’d spotted her trying to hide farther back, watching out for him when he didn’t want it.  Kip loved his sister but she had to realize he could take care of himself!  There was nothing his sister could do that Kipling couldn’t, well, except for standing on four legs.  He stood just fine on three legs though, so wasn’t that even better?

Kip considered the scenery in front of him and jogged along looking for inspiration.  There was so much flat ground about here, how was he going to hide from her and get the upper paw on her?  Kipling ran as fast as the pup could manage, slid to a stop before dropping to the ground.  They were still small pups and the grass should be enough to hide him, right?  Cautiously the boy crawled into the ground a bit farther before being still.

One blade of grass looked like another, right?  If she couldn’t find where he’d hidden Kip would hopefully get a chance to attack first for an all-out puppy warfare spar.  He’d show his sister his strength!

"Kipling Carpathius"