Reepicheep: Protector of the Nuts

Summery: Reepicheep was taking a walk through the woods when he noticed a raccoon watching a squirrel hide its nuts. Will he stand for this? Or will he rise to the challenge of making sure that the raccoon never steals the nuts of a worthy squirrel!?

A.N: Written in response to the challenge being held at The Lion's Call.

It was one of those mornings that Narnia looked ten times prettier than it usually did. The sunrise was just fading away so that the clouds were still pink and purple. Wet drops of dew still clung to the leaves of the trees. The woods were so beautiful that day that Reepicheep just had to take a walk.

It had only been five minutes before he came across another creature. It was a Talking Raccoon. Reepicheep was about to walk over to it and make his presence known. Perhaps even strike up a lively morning conversation with him, when his sharp eyes noticed that this raccoon was not just sitting around for fun. He was watching something... or someone…

Reepicheep silently crept closer to see what had caught the raccoon's attention. It was a squirrel. Reepicheep wouldn't have thought this suspicious if he hadn't seen that this squirrel was doing the very hard task of hiding its nuts.

This was a hard task because it had to hide them in secret when no one was looking. Otherwise, everyone would know where its nuts were and they would steal them. And Reepicheep knew that this was exactly what that raccoon had in mind.

He strode quickly forward, coming out of the shadows of the trees into a small clearing where the raccoon was.

"May I ask why you are watching a noble squirrel hide its nuts when you know this is not honorable?" Reepicheep asked in his high-pitched voice.

The raccoon twirled around and saw the two foot tall mouse coming toward him. Once he saw that it was "only" a mouse, it said in devious voice, "And what can you do about it, short one?"

Reepicheep took this as a challenge. "I shall show you!"

With that, Reepicheep drew his sword and charged at the raccoon. The raccoon went up on its hind legs and extended claws in defense of the oncoming attack. It did not expect the mouse to be so quick.

Reepicheep demonstrated his skills with a blade quickly and efficiently. After a few well-aimed cuts, the raccoon began yelling and screaming.

"Alright then, you win!" it said in defeat.

With one last cut for good measure, Reepicheep finally stopped. But he was going to give the raccoon a fair warning before he escaped from his presence.

"Hear now," Reepicheep said. His voice higher-pitched than usual. This happened any time he had just finished fighting. "If you ever try to steal nuts again, you shall be punished!"

The raccoon swore that he would never steal nuts again, then quickly ran away from the clearing and back into the woods. Reepicheep put his sword back in its sheath. Suddenly he noticed that there had been a whole audience of squirrels watching him and the raccoon a safe distance up in the trees. But when the raccoon was out of sight, they all rushed down to the valiant mouse.

Cheers were heard among the squirrels, "Hail Reepicheep! Protector of the Nuts!"

From that day forward, mice were well respected among the squirrels. And if you ever get into Narnia, you will still hear the squirrels refer to Reepicheep as "The Protector of the Nuts."

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The End

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