About A Miracle
Ever since Toboe brought up my collar, I haven't been able to stop thinking about Mom. And I know the time is coming, preferably later rather than sooner, that I'll have to tell them about her. That my collar was hers, and that I wear it 'cause it's all I have left. Scenes from when I was little come and go every chance they get. Familiar voices I'd almost forgotten ring in my ears. Under it all though, is the sound of a rifle shot, again and again. Everyone scattered. Mom took me and ran. Since then I've always just assumed no one else escaped, but I'm really not sure. Still, I can't forget....
begin flashback
"Kiseki, he's darling," the black female cooed. "What are you going to call him," the steel grey one asked. The two, along with the few other females in the pack, were spread in a circle around a large tan female. "I'm not sure yet," the sandy female said. "But I was thinking about naming him Hige." "You should," the dark brown one assured her. The subject of discussion was the small tan puppy tucked up against his mother. Between the seven of them, there was only this one for the year. And the situation was getting worse.
"Hige it is then," and Kiseki smiled down at her young son. He was only a couple days old, which made his mother worry all the more over the feeling that something terrible was coming. But it would be nearly two months before that feeling came to a point. "What do you think Tameshí?" "Mígoto is right. It fits him," the black one answered. "You worry too much Kiseki," her dark grey friend added. "I suppose you're right Árashi, but I want him to be safe." The other six laughed, "it's a mother's right, it is," Mígoto managed. And Kiseki had more right than she realized.
It was about six weeks later when her son's curiosity got the better of him. "Pia?" Kiseki turned, "yes Hige?" "Why do you where that collar?" She sighed, " because, mahtaoyo, it is very special to me. Not all humans are bad. One of the few that are not gave this to me as a gift. So I wear it. It was thanks for saving their life, toquet?" "Toquet pia, " the pup wasn't really satisfied though. What he wanted to know was who gave it to her. Tameshí came into view ahead of them. "Mea-dro, it's time to leave." She moved off, trusting the pair to follow.
"Hige, keemah." "Where are we going?" Kiseki sighed again, it seemed Hige's questions were endless but she knew he was learning. "We are noconas. We follow the nuepi where it leads us, tsa-wa-ke." The pup pondered this a bit, following his mother. "Hakai pia, what do we look for?" She didn't stop, merely answered as she walked. "Many things, adeca and other food mostly, because there is so little." "What else?" His mother laughed softly, "so curious. We look for pah-mo to avoid the humans and we look for the tabbenoca. Good things my son." He stayed quiet for awhile afterwards and the pack continued on, unaware of what was waiting for them....
Chaos: That's right, I'm cliffhangin' it on a flashback. I'm guessin' you all didn't understand about half the conversation Hige had with his mama. I'll tell you in a sec. The language I picked up from a book: 'Ride The Wind' by Lucia St. Clair Robson. I highly recommend it. Names are Japanese the rest is from the novel. Here we go, names first.
Kiseki - miracle: this is Hige's mother
Tamesh - trial: this is the black female in the pack
Mígoto - splendor: the brown female
Árashi - storm: the steel grey female
I left the other three unnamed.
Pia - mother
mahtaoyo - little one
toquet - all right
mea-dro - let's go
keemah - come
noconas - wanderers
nuepi - wind
tsa-wa-ke - looking for something good
hakai - what
adeca - deer
pah-mo - smoke
tabbenoca - sunrise
That's it for now. Hope you enjoyed it and believe me there's more to come. Later!