Oh! Daddy came really quickly! Good good! She bounced on her toes on the shelf for a few jumps. That was until she realized he was not happy with her achievement for some reason. His sharp voice calling her name startled her to the wall. She didn't know Daddy could say her name like that. She'd heard Mama say her name sharply before but not Daddy, not that loudly.
Suddenly she was far too scared to move. Her claws dug into the old boards as she pressed her body down into them and back into the wall. Effectively hiding herself from him except for her tiny pale claws clinging to the board over the edge. Her ears were plastered to her head. She didn't understand why he was so mad! She wasn't hurting herself up here!
"Daddy, are you mad?" She asked, her sweet voice whisper quiet in the large room. Her fear suddenly turned into silent wet tears. She had her mother's sensitivity.
