Into the woods 2: the next generation
Chapter 2
Cece and the wolf had named his new their new daughter clawdia, she grew quickly and with a fascination with the world, though she never went anywhere outside the woods and never far from home. When she was only three they went into the woods to pick berries…
"Clawdia" her father said playfully stern.
Clawdia turned around with berry juice on her face "I'm not eating berries" she said.
He looked in her basket… it was empty. "Are you sure about that?" he smiled and picked her up.
"Can we take a break and play hide and seek" she asked.
"Hmm… alright!" he said.
She grabbed his fedora off his head and put it on hers.
"You go hide" the wolf said.
Clawdia ran and hid behind a tree as her father counted "1, 2, 3, 4, 5"
"Slower, daddy, slower" she called.
The wolf smiled "6, 7, 8, 9, and 10! Okay where's my little girl?"
Clawdia giggled from behind the tree, the wolf pounced and grabbed her. Clawdia laughed the whole time, the wolf love to hear his little girl laughing.
"What are you two doing?" asked cece as she returned from picking berries.
"Mommy!" yelled clawdia as she squirmed from the wolf's grip.
She ran to her and hugged her but before she could get into her arms cece crumpled to the ground holding her heart.
"Mommy!" screamed clawdia terrified.
They managed to get cece home to bed and got the doctor to their house. The doctor came out of the room and told the wolf "it doesn't look good, I don't think she'll make the night."
Clawdia ran into the room to her mother's side and asked her "mummy are you going to leave us?"
"Yes lovely" said cece
"But you can't" she said softly, tears welling in her eyes.
"Listen to me" said cece "you're going to be okay, daddy will take care of you and you'll take care of daddy. Things will be sad for a little while, but you'll be okay."
"Alright" sobbed clawdia.
"Now let me talk to your daddy" she said.
She nodded and walked out of the room.
The wolf held cece's hand for the last time.
"Take care of her" cece told the wolf "she'll do great things."
And that was her last words