One day in the forest of the island two red foxes were running away from something. One was a full grown fox that was in front and the other was a very young kit, only a third of their length and the top of her head had it three quarters of the way up the full grown fox's legs.
"Now come on now. Keep up. Unless you want to make your new home in a bear's stomach," the older fox said, her voice was mature and motherly, it sounded like a young adult, barely out of adolescents.
"Yes sister," the young kit said, her voice was softer, but a bit higher.
"Stubborn bear, isn't it?,"
"Why is it chasing us?!,"
"Well, bears can be rather irritable. Plus I think he's rather irritated at us right now,"
"Irritated? But we didn't do anything,"
"Well… we might have been in his territory,"
"Oh great!,"
"Quick! This way!," the older fox said.
The two made a sharp turn, ran across tree bridges, over walks and over a mountain. They finally got ride of the bear when they reached the top of the mountain. The two caught their breath. They heard a mammoth, and their ears perked up.
"What was that?," the kit asked.
The two looked down the mountain. They could see a herd, with 3 full grown mammoths, 2 sabers, 2 sloths, and 2 opossums.
"That's a weird herd," the kit said.
"Yes. Yes it is. But, that skinny sloth looks like a good meal, come on!," the full grown fox said.
The two went down the mountain. The herd was in a meadow with tall grass so it was great for hunting. They stalked close to the herd before the older fox got closer, while leaving the kit hidden in the grass.
Diego smelled something coming their direction. He stopped and looked around.
"What?," Sid asked.
Then he heard growling. A full grown fox was getting close to him standing up growling, ready to strike.
Sid fell.
"Ahhhh!,"
The fox ran and jumped towards Sid. Diego roared and jumped toward her, knocking her off corse and the two tumbled back, shocking but the kit and Shira who both ran toward them. The two bashed into each other, making them both grunt and fall down in pain. Diego and the fox looked up. The kit rubbed her head and looked at Shira who was moaning and getting up.
"Oh! Oh my gosh! I am so sorry! … Miss. I didn't mean to bump into you… Uh. You alright?,"
"Yes. I'm fine. Who are you?," Shira asked the kit.
The kit didn't answer. She was looking very nervous. She tried to walk away but Manny was too angry over what just happened. He roared angrily making the kit freeze.
"Shira asked the question. Take my word for it, it would be smart for you to answer," Manny said
Diego let the fox up.
"Was that a threat?," she asked darkly.
"So what if it was. What do you care. She's just a runt,who needs to watch where she's going," Manny said.
"Manny!," Ellie snapped.
The fox cleared her throat.
"The runt you're referring to is my little sister," the fox said.
"Red stop it! Nothing gets done by threatening threats," the kit said.
Red sighed.
"Sorry Cumulus," she said.
Sid snickered at the name, but Red's glare made him be quiet.
"Come on Cumulus. Let's leave this weird herd alone and go find a meal that doesn't threaten us for following our natural nature," Red said.
The two walked off.