~ Malia ~
it is now around late afternoon and hunting time. me and my hunting parter, brett leave the twins with sarah in the cave and we cross the stream and start heading in the same direction i went in the mid-afternoon. i suddenly stop, as i think i found the scent of a deer. deers are hard to catch as they are very fast and are therefor easy to lose.
"brett, stop and be very silent, i whisper under my breath, i smell.... deer."
brett silently stops, ready to pounce. i slowly walk behind a tree and peek to my right.
i gasp!
there is around three deers, all trying to find some grass under all the snow, hungry and hoping.
"get on your tippy paws, this isn't going to be easy." brett growled
i quickly dash behind another tree, then another, then another, until I'm within a metre distance from the three deer. i have no idea where brett is.. but I'm sure we can catch them, at least two !?
i sprint behind a heap of snow and lie down, the deer jumps a little, obviously startled by the adrenaline in the air. i am so close, i can feel the deers heart beating and once it goes back to its normal pace, i pounce, sinking my claws into the deers backside. the other deers scatter in separate directions. this deer is struggling but it can't fight my strength. i bite and claw at the deer, until its had its last breath. i look up and see brett in the distance, chasing the deer in large circles. i snigger, as he isn't as fast as he says he is, then again he is fifty years of age.
i grab the deers left back leg in my mouth and drag it through the forest. when I'm sure ill collapse brett appears. he takes it from there. i run ahead and drink some water from the stream, and cross it. i sprint into the cave letting everyone know about the big catch, probably the biggest of the year, and then go to my corner, collapsing on the leaf mattress i have made, falling into a deep, deep sleep.
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