by Tesumph » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:32 am
(Hoorah!)
Thistle's stomach rumbled and he growled. His last meal had been a small antelope calf and it had barely filled him up before a pair of hyenas chased him away. Snarling at the thought, he stood up and prowled through the grass. He lifted his nose and parted his jaws, letting the smells seep in. Pricking his ears, he smelt the strong scent of blood and a lioness. Snarling with excitement, he bounded through the rough grass until he saw a lioness digging through a partly eaten antelope. The scent of hyenas lingered in the air as he cautiously padded forward toward her.
Quill yowled as she stepped on a thorn. Hissing, she sat down and inspected her paw. She spotted the large intruder and grabbed it with her front teeth, then yanked it out. "Hmm. Starving, hot, and now a sore paw. Gee." She parted her jaws and pushed through the offending thorn bush, then emerged into the grasslands. Flicking her ears and heavily panting, she listened for the sounds of water, prey, even another lion. "This is so boring..." she sighed.
Those who kill sheep should mind where they sleep,
When there's nothing to hear the shotgun is near,
The curse of the farmer is likely to harm yer,
A scent in the morning is sent for a warning,
At a cloud on the sun a wise dog will run,
It's the sharp and alert who avoid being hurt and a dog that's gone feral is living in peral.
Those with blood on their paws and wool in their jaws should heed these old saws.
-Taken from Plague Dogs by Richard Adams