Lets Work Together

The pair get to work uprooting the vines that snake their way around the marble statue and Caladia digs with great enthusiasm. While Elowen tries not to get too dirty, the hodgepodge-hued girl revels in the feel of the dirt against her paws and the heady, earthy scent that comes with each turn of the soil. Paws quickly become caked with earth as the girl finds she has to go further down than she originally thought to reach the root of the problem.

Clods of dirt fly every which way as she digs, her underside quickly turning into the earthen hue of the ground as she works. El’s voice pulls her attention up and away from her work and Callie finds herself panting from the exertion. Taking a moment, the girl leans back on her haunches, tongue lolling out the side of her mouth as she swipes a dirt caked forearm over her suddenly runny nose.

Nodding her head, she says, “Yeah! No wonder the adults haven’t done this… its hard work!” A giggle bubbles out as she looks to her hole, noticing that several of the vines have been severed from the root ball but still cling with determination to the statue’s form. Huffing, Callie looks to her sister and asks, “How do we get them off the statue?” A paw points out what she means as she looks to her smart sister, curious if she knows the answer to this riddle.


"Caladia Carpathius"