Falling Softly

Her mother leaped towards her, and the girl squeaked as she jumped back. Her mother told her that she liked to nibble on puppy paws, causing her to run around her larger mother. She tried to nip along the woman's flank before the tiny girl attempted to step on the woman's tail. It was all playfulness, a tiny bit of it that she never usually showed. But just as quickly as it happened, she was done. With one last little nip she trotted off to the corner of the den, sitting there calmly as if nothing had ever happened. Her tail stilled and she casually tilted her head towards her mother. What?