Caramel Heaven

His boy yawns, processing what Beauregard has told him, but he begins to stir as the man moves outside the little hut that they call home. Outside it is still dark, but there is a light in the air, a sign that the sun was beginning to rise. Beau waits for a moment, knowing that Nolan will need to untangle himself from the pile of his siblings in order to meet him at the door. His tail wags slowly behind him, his eyes shining with delight that he might be able to do something special with his boy. It is only once that he sees Nolan is free that he begins to move toward the stony path that slopes upward into a higher area of elevation at the top of the falls.

The climb will be rougher on his son, but Beauregard is confident that his puppy energy would come in handy for that. He takes a slower pace, coming to the top of the falls just as the colors begin to warm on the horizon. Beau sits, calling softly to his son. “Our world is beautiful, my boy, and some of these things that make it so are missed every day. Watch the sky with me, see how the colors shift and change as the world wakes up around us.” He grins, glancing behind him to look at Nolan. Their first sunrise together, and hopefully one of many.