Lessons with Grandpa

Most of her other siblings filed in after her with Wylan attacking their grandfather's toes, Zion demanding to be up, and Whisper questioning the existence of presents. The presents at least got her attention and she peered up expectantly at their grandpa. Of course they were held back behind a comment of 'wait and see' so she knew they had to do extra well in their lesson today in order to get their presents! As soon as her grandpa told them what they would be working on and instructed them to line up in front of him, she hopped to her paws and bounced away from where she had been leaning against his leg till she was standing dutifully right in front of him. Grandpa was the smartest wolf right after their parents so she was always excited to learn something from him! As he started showing them how they were supposed to be standing and talking about centering themselves for balance, she nodded eagerly and then looked down at her own paws as she carefully placed each one, glancing back and forth between her paws and his a couple of times. She bent her knees like he did–too much at first and then too little, but in the end she thought that she might have gotten it right. She grinned and looked up at him for confirmation, waiting to see if she did a good job.

"Wynter Carpathius"