'CAUSE IT'S SATURDAY

Snap!

Snap! Snap!

The sharp click of fangs closing on empty air was a hard sound for any wolf to miss. Kuwindwa silently cursed her luck as she missed time and time again. Her patience had paid off in waiting for the fish to come near her partially submerged forelimbs, but actually catching the slippery vertebrates was another matter entirely! Never mind the fishing had never been very good where she came from... so she had little in the way of experience concerning any techniques. Still, one could try. It beat an empty stomach...

Rrrrupp.

And that was a frog. Damn thing was taunting her, she was certain!

Frustrated, Kuwindwa bared her fangs at nothing in particular until she heard that croaking again: to the left. The she-wolf lunged, teeth closing on nothing but empty air. Again.

A distinct plop told her even that small prey had escaped her warrior's prowess. Clearly, today she was going to go hungry...

Huffing angrily, the silvery woman all but stomped out of the creek, her limbs drenched. She didn't care that she was making so much noise, or that in a moment she would be spraying droplets everywhere in an attempt to dry. She was just hungry! And apparently incapable of catching the laziest of fish. Thank goodness there was no one around to see it... she'd have blushed! Drawing in a deep breath to collect herself, Kuwindwa decided she'd do well to try another fishing spot - further downstream perhaps.

The woman moved briskly for a time, stopping only when she caught a glimpse of something that was definitely not grass and not water: fur? Oh yes, definitely fur. The stout she-wolf stopped momentarily as if to consider before padding forward at a considerably slower clip, her head lowered as she drew near another wolf - this one younger than she.

Kuwindwa was still several yards off when she stopped properly and lifted her head again, bright bronze eyes watching, body poised and waiting. For a moment it seemed she would let him notice her in his own time, but it only seemed that way as she soon called out in greeting: "Good day."