In Which I Learn I Can Talk to Animals

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After thirty minutes of walking in silence, I decided to attempt a conversation with Tarzan. If I had to be stuck with him I might as well try to get along with him. "So," I said, "you never told me your name."

"Kouga," he said refusing to look at me.

"Well," I said, trying to act cheerful. "It's nice to meet you. My name is Kairi."

That got his attention. He looked at me in confusion. "So, you're a beaver?"

I resisted the urge to groan. "I am not a beaver." We lapsed back into silence.

Well, that conversation didn't last long.

I glanced down at Momo who was panting heavily. He was obviously not used to walking for so long. I was about to break down and allow him to ride on my shoulder when I noticed something brown and furry move.

"Uh, Kouga?" I asked, "What's on your back?"

"That's my tail," Kouga said nonchalantly, "Being a wolf demon I kind of have to have one."

Both Momo and I stopped dead in our tracks. Did he just say what I think he said?

When he realized we weren't following him, Kouga turned to face us. Seeing our expressions, he rolled his eyes. "Would you cut that out? I am not going to eat you." His eyes misted over. "Ever since, I met my true love Kagome, the only thing I hunger for is her affection."

Momo rolled his eyes while I made a retching sound.

After a moment, Kouga snapped out of his daydreams. "Well, come on" he said as he walked away. Momo and I continued to stare at him. He glanced back at us and sighed. With a smirk, he said, "Fine, don't come with me. Just remember, the demons in this forest get really hungry at night."

Momo looked at me. "You know, I am really starting to hate that guy."

I nodded. "You and me both." Glancing back at Kouga, I noticed that he had already started walking off. "Ah," I whined as Momo and I ran after him. "Wait up, dang it."

When the sun started to set, we decided to make camp. After we had a fire burning, Kouga left to go get food.

Which left Momo and I to tend to the fire.

Alone.

In a creepy demon filled forest.

Why me?

"This sucks." I muttered. "I hate demons."

"I hate humans." Momo mumbled.

"I hate wolves."

"I hate running for my life."

"I hate creepy forests."

"I hate walking for long periods of time."

"I hate creepy forests with demons."

"I hate walking for long periods of time in creepy forests."

"And I especially hate" I began.

"Weird creepy old ladies" Momo finished.

We looked at each other in surprise. "Well," I said with a grin, "at least we can agree on something."

From out of nowhere the carcass of a large doe flew at us. I screamed as I barely dodged in time. I stared at the carcass wide-eyed as Momo cowered behind me. "What the heck is that?" I yelled to no one in particular.

"That is dinner" Kouga said. "And a nice catch too if I say so myself. So dig in."

I looked into the face of the doe that lay before me. Its glazed eyes stared back and its tongue hung slightly out. I promptly turned around, ran to a nearby bush, and threw up.

Kouga frowned in confusion. "What's wrong with her?"

Momo rolled his eyes and sighed. "You are such an idiot."

Needless to say, I went to bed on an empty stomach that night.

The next morning came quickly so when I woke up, I refused to open my eyes. Maybe if I kept them close, this horrible nightmare I call reality might go away. As I lay there, I heard a conversation start up.

"Frank! Long time no see!"

"Joe! I know, I haven't seen you since last spring, right?"

"Yep, you're right. How's the wife doing?"

"Fine, fine, though she's kind of busy with the new nestlings. We said we wouldn't have anymore, but you know Nancy. If her sister, Bess, has more nestlings then she has to have more as well."

"Aw, geez, I'm sorry Frank. Don't worry though you're not alone in the parenting department. Clarissa and I just had our first nestlings two weeks ago."

"Oh, really? Congratulations Joe!"

"Thanks, we're both pretty excited." Joe sighed. "The only thing I can't get over though is how picky nestlings are."

"I know exactly what you mean. Take the other day for example. I have been looking for an hour for food when I finally spy the biggest juiciest worm I had ever seen in my life. After tactical maneuvering on my part, I finally catch it and bring it back to the kids. When I throw it back up for them, do you know what they say? 'But daddy, we don't like worms.'"

I felt myself wanting to vomit. This was probably the most disturbing conversation I had listened to.

"Kids these days just don't appreciate what we do," Joe said. "They just don't understand how hard it is to not only catch the food but then swallowing it so that when we give it to them it is partially digested."

"Don't they realize how much my esophagus hurts from upchucking?" Frank asked. "I'll probably have an ulcer before next month comes around."

I had finally had enough of the conversation. I sat up only to find that the only other creatures awake were two robins sitting in a tree.

"I must have been dreaming" I mumbled as I rubbed the back of my head.

"Oh look, Joe the human's awake" said Frank.

I whirled around. Who the heck had just said that?

"Aw, man. She looks ugly. She reminds me of one of those… what do people call them?" Joe asked.

"Hags?"

"That's it. She reminds me of a hag."

I unconsciously smoothed my hair down. I must be going crazy. I'm being insulted by disembodied voices. My gaze landed on the two robins. I frowned. Was it possible that they were the ones who talked?

The robin on the right leaned towards the other robin. "Joe, she's staring at us."

The robin on the left opened his beak. "Don't worry Frank. It's something humans do. I think it amuses them."

My eyes widened and my jaw dropped. What the heck? The robins were actually talking!

"Ew, what a hideous expression!" Frank said.

"I bet she can catch a lot of bugs with that large mouth of hers" Joe mused.

I had had enough. Standing up I shouted, "You know I can hear you, you dumb birds!"

"Holy shit! She's a witch!" Frank screamed as Joe and he took flight.

"I am not a witch!" I shouted after them. "You get back here right now!" It was futile since they were now long gone.

"Kairi," Momo moaned. "Why are you shouting at the trees?"

"I am not shouting at the trees," I said grumpily, "Two robins called me a hag and a witch." Geez, why couldn't I be like Snow White? She had woodland creatures helping her not insulting her.

Momo snapped out of his stupor. "Wait, are you saying that you understood the birds?"

Before I could answer, Kouga appeared from the shrubbery carrying a couple of fruits. "Are you alright?" Kouga asked worriedly. "I could hear you shouting from a mile away."

"Nothing's wrong," Momo replied, "Kairi was just shouting at two robins who were insulting her."

Kouga's eyes widened in surprise. "Wait, you're a human. Are you telling me you can actually talk to animals?"

Hearing him say that, I realized how ridiculous I sounded. I was only human so there was no way I could have understand them.

"I bet the harp has something to do with this" Momo said breaking my train of thought.

I glanced down at the harp and suppressed a laugh. "First the harp can transport us through time now it allows me to talk to animals? I don't think so."

Momo shrugged. "Hey, remember what Plato once said, 'Music is the universal language.'"

"So, you're telling me," I said slowly, "that since the harp is a musical instrument, it is somehow allowing me to understand animals?"

"Well, regardless of how it happened," Kouga said, "we need to eat and get going if we want to cover a lot of ground today." He tossed me a red apple. Looking at it, I felt my stomach grumbled. I had never been so happy to see an apple in my life.

We spent most of our walk in silence. My thoughts kept drifting back to what Momo had said. Could the harp really be causing all this? I glanced down at the harp that was in my arms. What kind of instrument was this harp?

I was brought out of my musings when I suddenly fell flat on my face. Momo and Kouga looked down on me, trying hard not to laugh.

"You know, you are really klutzy" Kouga remarked.

"It's not my fault," I said as I pointed to my ankle. A green vine was wrapped around it. "This vine tripped me."

Before any of us could react, I was dragged into the shrubbery.

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In Case You Didn't Know:

1) Frank, Joe, and Nancy are references to the famous teen detectives Nancy Drew, Frank Hardy, and Joe Hardy. Got to love the classics!

2) Geez, why couldn't I be like Snow White? She had woodland creatures helping her not insulting her: is a reference to the fairytale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As everyone already knows, Disney made a version of it in 1937. Just a random fact but Snow White was the first animated movie that Disney did.

3) Plato once said, 'Music is the universal language': is a reference to the famous Greek philosopher, Plato. In other words, he is a famous enlightened dead guy.

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