In three days Moonseed gave birth to 3 kits, 2 does and a buck. Soon they were grown old enough to play out silf under Frith's light. Moonseed sat out silf watching over her kits as the leaped over each other and nibbled peacefully on narn green grass. The day was quiet and still other than the occasional rustle of leaves from the playing kits. The young marli had named her kits. The buck's name was Maple and the two does were Shadow and Sunflower.
Everything was going so nicely... It wouldn't be too long till the kits would be ready to travel as hlessil to find a warren to join. They seemed so happy. Moonseed hopped into the sun and stretched out on some grass. She was about to close her eyes when a smell came to her nose.. The young doe quickly rose to her feet in time to see three large, but obviously hungry, weasels running towards her kits. With a squeal, she ran towards her kits. "Run," she called to her kits that had begun to scatter. Yerba Santa heard the screams and hid. Sunflower ran for the burrow. Her little legs moved fast, but not fast enough. She screamed when a weasel clamped his teeth into her leg and jerked her to the side. Shadow stopped at the run unable to move as she watched the horrible sight of a weasel killing her sister as she screamed for help. The baby doe's legs felt heavy and she couldn't move.. She couldn't help her sister.. All she could do was watch. It wasn't too long till Sunflower lay on the ground limp and with blood all over her.
Shadow backed up into the run some and quickly turned her head when she heard another cry and saw her brother and marli on the ground. Her brother appeared dead, but her marli was still fighting for her life. Shadow was so afraid, so shocked, she just backed up slowly, not even knowing if she was really backing up or staying in the same place. Everything seemed to be going so fast. Before the little doe knew it, she was in her burrow and could no longer see her marli. She could no longer see her brother and sister.. She could no long see the weasels eating them or any that might be coming after her. She could only see the dirt of the small burrow run..
Everything was going so nicely... It wouldn't be too long till the kits would be ready to travel as hlessil to find a warren to join. They seemed so happy. Moonseed hopped into the sun and stretched out on some grass. She was about to close her eyes when a smell came to her nose.. The young doe quickly rose to her feet in time to see three large, but obviously hungry, weasels running towards her kits. With a squeal, she ran towards her kits. "Run," she called to her kits that had begun to scatter. Yerba Santa heard the screams and hid. Sunflower ran for the burrow. Her little legs moved fast, but not fast enough. She screamed when a weasel clamped his teeth into her leg and jerked her to the side. Shadow stopped at the run unable to move as she watched the horrible sight of a weasel killing her sister as she screamed for help. The baby doe's legs felt heavy and she couldn't move.. She couldn't help her sister.. All she could do was watch. It wasn't too long till Sunflower lay on the ground limp and with blood all over her.
Shadow backed up into the run some and quickly turned her head when she heard another cry and saw her brother and marli on the ground. Her brother appeared dead, but her marli was still fighting for her life. Shadow was so afraid, so shocked, she just backed up slowly, not even knowing if she was really backing up or staying in the same place. Everything seemed to be going so fast. Before the little doe knew it, she was in her burrow and could no longer see her marli. She could no longer see her brother and sister.. She could no long see the weasels eating them or any that might be coming after her. She could only see the dirt of the small burrow run..