Chapter 3: Sneaking out
"Aww please?" Grizzle begs looking up at Shamsa with big round eyes.
"No Grizzle. Big eyes won't change my answer."
"But why not?" Pierre asks with the biggest smile he can make.
Shamsa rolls her eye at this,"Because two three year olds have no business walking around outside alone. Especially not two cubs that like to get into trouble."
"What us? No." Grizzle says laughing.
Rolling her eyes again Shamsa says,"No. Not until you are old enough to use a weapon. Now go play with the other cubs and both of you be good while I'm taking care of my contact.
She leaves the Sanctuary while Pierre and Grizzle frown at each other. There were only two other cubs in the sanctuary and they were older then Grizzle and Pierre. Kiva the only girl cub was the oldest at ten and her brother Zoabil, age seven had no interest in playing with two three year old cubs.
And with their mother gone they didn't have anyone else to play with. Their father had left early that morning to do his own contact. Suddenly Pierre had an idea and whispering to Grizzle he said,"Let sneak out."
Grizzle looked at Pierre in shock,"You mean by ourselves?"
"Yes! It will be are own adventure."
"Alright let's go."
Making sure that no one was looking, the two snuck out of the sanctuary and into the blazing hot sunshine of Elsweyr. "Let's go swimming!" Grizzle says excitedly and runs towards the breach.
"Wait for me!" Pierre says running behind him. Arriving at the beach, both Grizzle and Pierre throw off their clothes and jump into the water. Grizzle who loves the water went swimming under while Pierre stayed close to the shore. After awhile they got bored and put their clothes back on.
"Let's go eat berries in the woods!" Pierre says.
"Okay."
So they run into a small wooded area near the beach to look for berries. "Found some!"
The two of them pick berries and eat some of them. "Yummy!" Grizzle says. Just then the hear gasp and a voice says,"Just what do you cubs think you are doing?"
Pierre looks up wide eyed with his mouth full of berries while Grizzle smiles pitifully. Standing in front of them is Qa'rjo, a merchant from the town looking at both of them in outraged horror. He grabs both of them by their arms and drags them back to town which is where their mother found them hours later.
"ARE YOU TWO CRAZY!?" Pierre stands there silently while Grizzle cries. "YOU COULD OF BEEN KILLED!" Shamsa was shaking she was so mad.
"Shamsa should sit down." Qa'rjo says pointing to a chair. Shamsa sits in the chair and tries to clam down. Once she has calmed down she says,"I told both of you specifically that you aren't allowed outside alone and you did it anyway."
"Sorry ma." Grizzle says.
"I'm sorry to." Pierre says.
Shamsa sighs."Listen carefully you two."
"Yes ma."
"Never and I mean never eat a berry in the woods if you don't know what it is."
"Why?" Grizzle asks confused.
"Because some berries are poisonous."
"What's that?" Asks Pierre.
Shamsa thinks about for a minute before she says," When something is poisonous it can make you very sick. Some can even kill you."
Grizzle and Pierre look wide eyed. "Is that why you got so upset?" Pierre asked.
Shamsa sighs again and hugs both of them,"Yes Pierre. I don't want anything to happen to either of you."
"I'm sorry for scaring you ma." Pierre says.
"Me too." Grizzle says.
"I know you are. Now let's get home."