Chapter 3 Rainfall

Dogo was looking around the outland in search of anything that may look interesting, but so far only found nothing but rocks and bones. Such is the life living in the outlands.

And then he saw something that might be interesting, a mouse. It was sun bathing on the rocks and it had it's back towards me. He thought now was a good time to practice his hunting skills that mom and dad showed him and when he catches it, they will be so proud of him when Dogo show his kill to them.

He creeped up toward the mouse, and in no time, was in pouncing distance. He hunched over and jumped, only to have the mouse realize quickly that he was there and ran away. As it ran away, he ran after it and it was faster than he thought. As Dogo continued to chase the mouse he didn't realize that he was moving farther away from his home.

while he was chasing it, he can tell that it was getting tired from all the running. He chased it towards a canyon that the mouse climbed down, and he climbed down as well by jumping from rock after rock. The mouse made it to the bottom, and he followed not far behind and he continued to chase it. As Dogo ran after it, it went to the other side of the canyon and into a hole and he must slow down and stop himself before he hit's the wall. Dogo looked down in disappointment since he can't show his parents on what a good hunter he is.

It was then that he can feel tiny drops of water on his head and I looked up and saw that it's beginning to rain. He knew he must get back home; or else his mom would be mad at him for being late. Dogo looked around the canyon and couldn't find any path that leads out of it. He would have to clime my way out of it.

At that time, it started to rain harder and he needed to get home as soon as possible. He ran towards where he came from and started climbing. As he started to climb his way up, Dogo noticed that the rocks were now slippery thanks to the rain. It was getting harder to climb, but as he made his way up, it than the worst thang that would happen to him. He slipped and fell off. Dogo started falling and feared hitting the ground. He landed on the ground and hit his head hard. It hurt a lot and made him feel dizzy; he couldn't think strait and didn't have the energy to call out for help and he can feel the rain pouring down on me. Before he went unconscious, he hoped that either mom or dad can find me.

(James perspective)

I had gathered more wood and made my way back to my cave for the wood pile. As I made my way back, I felt rain drops fall on me and I looked up and saw the dark clouds and I knew that it was going to be raining now. I moved faster to my cave as it started to rain down harder. As I made my way past a small canyon, I saw something that caught my eye. It was a jackal pup and saw that it wasn't moving.

"Is it alive?" I thought worried for the pup.

I dropped the wood that I was carrying and being careful as I climbed down the short cliff with the help of some big rocks. I made it down and ran toward the pup and I reached down and checked its breathing and found out that it was alive. I didn't know what I should do about it. Should I leave it hear or do I take it with me back to my cave. I don't know what happened to the pup but for now that doesn't matter. I felt bad to leave a baby animal outside in the rain unconscious and so I decided that I would help and take the pup with me.

I unzipped my jacket half way, picked up the pup, and stuffed it inside my jacket to keep it out of the rain. I turned around to climb my out the canyon, being very careful while doing it. I made it to the top and ran back to my cave. I didn't bring the wood with me since I think that saving the pup was more important.

I made it back to the cave and laid out my blanket and set the pup down on it. I put the wood I gathered in a pile and took out one of my matches to start a fire. I lit the match and dropped the match on the wood. I saw the fire getting bigger and when it was at a good size, I started looking over the pup. I looked over its body and could not find any injuries, but when I looked at its head, I saw that it was bruised and had a lump. I knew now that somehow the pup hit its head somehow and got knocked unconscious. I took out my first aid kit and started to treat the lump. I got an alcohol pad and rubbed the lump for injuries and after that I put a band aid over it. All I got to do now was wait for the pup the awaken. I added more wood to the fire and poked at it to keep it burning.

(Back at the jackal family cave)

Reirei saw that it started raining hard and her son Dogo still hasn't came back. She was getting worried wondering where he could be and why he was late.

As it continued to rain, she though that something must have happened to Dogo and one of them needed to search for him. She went over to Goigoi, who was still sleeping, and shouted,

"Goigoi wake up!" Goigoi woke up quickly and said, "Yes dear, what is it?" He said startled. "Go outside and find Dogo, he hasn't come back yet." Reirei told Goigoi what to do.

"Why, what happened to him?" He asked with a worried expression about what happened to his son.

"He asked me that he wanted to want to go look around, I agreed and told him to come back before it started to rain but he still hasn't come back yet. And I want you to go out to look for him while I stay here and look after the kids." She said with a worried tone.

Goigoi was also worried that one of his children hasn't come back yet while it was raining and said,

"Don't worry dear I'll go out and look for him." He said determined.

Reirei smiled and said "Good."

Even though she thought that her mate can be an idiot from time to time she can always count on him to protect their cubs. Goigoi ran out in the rain and started looking for his missing son Dogo. Reirei went over to the rest of her kids at the back of their cave.

They looked at her and Kijana, her daughters, and asked, "Mom, do you think Dogo will be alright?" She asked also concerned about one of her brothers.

Reirei smiled assuredly and said, "I believe he's alright Kijana." She laid down next to her pups and cuddled with them to keep warm.

"I hope nothing bad has happened to Dogo." She thought as she watched the rain pouring down hoping that nothing bad has happened to one of her beloved children.