Chapter three
Lilly woke up from the pain in her paw which was hurting really bad, her parents couldn't do anything about it. Lilly felt it throbbing like sharp pins were being pushed into it. Maybe Max could help she thought. Lilly looked around the den and spotted her parents sleeping in the back. She carefully got up trying not to wake them and started to walk to the hill Max was at. She looked up and saw the stars shinning back down at her, there was something about the stars that made her wonder. What are the stars? They must be close because they shine so bright, yet they seem so far away. No one has ever gotten close to one, not even the birds. So what were they. Maybe they are the ones that have passed on watching over the new generations, or maybe they are the guiding force in life. Lilly lost her train of thought when she felt her paw throbbing. She was at the base of the mountain when she tripped. Lilly hit her paw and yelped in pain, tears were falling down her face. She heard footsteps approaching and she was lifted into the air. She looked up to see Max who had wrapped a blanket around her and she snuggled close to him.
"It's alright I got you. No need to cry anymore I'm here." Max held her in his arms and Lilly felt safe and comforted. As they started up the hill Lilly found her self looking back up at the stars and Max saw this. "Pretty aren't they. If your wondering what they are I can tell you, but first we need to give that paw some attention." They walked up the hill and they got to the cave. There was smoke billowing out from the fire and Lilly could hear the popping noises. When they entered Max sat Lilly down next to the fire and put the blanket down her back. Max pulled up and green folding chair in front of her then grabbed a bucket and poured some water into from a jug, he then went outside and grabbed some snow and put it into the water to make it ice cold. Max picked up his backpack from the wall of the cave near his rifle and seated it on his lap as he sat down. Max pulled a White box with a red cross on it out of the bag and opened it, he pulled out some gauze and set it aside he then pulled out a tube and squirted some cream from it out onto his hand.
"Ok, this is going the hurt at first, but trust me it will make your paw feel a lot better." Max picked up Lilly's paw and applied the cream all around it, Lilly whined and whimpered from the pain. "Ok, that part is done, I'm going to have to wrap this around your paw to keep the cream from getting dirty and coming off, I'm also going to dip it in cold water to help with the pain." Max took the gauze and dipped it in the cold water than wrung it out. Max picked up Lilly's paw and wrapped the gauze around it., by the time he was done Lilly couldn't feel any pain, her paw was completely numb. "There you go, all done, should feel better right about now."
"T-Thanks." Lilly said with a smile on her face.
"The pup finally talks eh. I'm glad to now it's all better. You're probably hungry aren't you. So what's your name?" Max walked over to the fire and pulled out a knife and cut a huge chunk off the piece of meat he was cooking and placed it in front of Lilly who began taking bites out of it.
"This is really good! Oh and my name's Lilly." Lilly said waging her tail.
"What a beautiful name to go with those eyes. got it myself last night." Lilly blushed and looked back up at the stars that were shinning.
"Do you think you can tell me about the stars now?" Lilly asked looking up at Max.
"Sure. The stars that you see at night are suns billions of miles away from where we live, burning. They are so far away that the light we see from them is billions of years old. And the moon is a gigantic rock that circles the earth."
"Wow! That's amazing!" Lilly said looking up at the sky.
"Oh! I have one more thing for you." Max said opening his backpack. He reached inside and pulled out a whistle and tied it to Lilly's paw like a bracelet. "If you are ever in danger or need my help blow into this whistle and I'll come for you. It's getting late, you should probably head back home, here's some more meat, it's cooked so it tastes a lot better, you can share it with your family." Max tied a sack of meat to her back and carried her down the hill and let her down and the border. Lilly ran back to her den, she pulled on the string around her waist and the meat dropped onto the ground. Lilly laid back down, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
