AN:LMAO!I've been finding out a lot lately about vultures and coconut trees! Thank you readers lol.

Disclaimer: Err, I guess I don't own the adorable little munchkin but then again J.K brought him to us at 11…he's four now…#rubs chin thinking before grabbing him# MINE! MINE! MINE! Muahahahahahha!

Rejected Runespoor

Chapter 4

The next morning Harry woke slowly with a long yawn, dry and warm. If dirty.

:Are you up now? We will do the work first this morning so your bath will be around lunch. I'm afraid no eating until then. As I said yesterday there is much to prepare today but by tonight this place should be a halfway decent den.:

Harry blinked. "Huh?"

:Slow in the mornings:

:He seems slow all day through to me.: The right head said amused.

Harry looked down at his 'bed' blinking tiredly and rearranged his grass and leaves sloppily before brushing himself down and standing.

:Firstly you collect more grass. Your jacket can be used for this but really you can…: The snake considered the 'bed' he had now. :Disassemble this for now. We will be going deep into the forest to the coconut and almond trees. A few old big coconut branches will make great transport for the dirt and the empty nuts and shells for water and food.:

The middle head bobbed gently. :Did you sleep well little one:

"Yes." :Yes.: Harry smiled.

:Good. Well it's time to start harvesting grass again so get cracking.:

He had been walking for hours and the snake riding in the grass-stained jacket he had on loosely again. He had finally found a coconut tree with old branches, broken nuts and an extra, a big old curved piece of it. Now to get them all back to the den. Four nuts could fit into the curved piece and he could drag that with one hand and well, one branch with the next. Those things were big after all.

:Take a few of the smaller broken branches. They make fair shovels.:

Harry frowned, sticking two in with the coconuts. :This is all today right? By the time I get back it'll be lunchtime.:

:Yes little one this is it for today.: The middle head said before the left could speak. :After your bath and a little rest this afternoon we will be sorting the supplies we've collected today so we won't be coming back today.

:What about a good coconut:

:You can't open it yet stupid.: The right head quipped. :But soon I'll have you all taught up.:

It took a few more hours to get back than to come with all the breaks Harry took but the snakes understood, as after all, he was only a small hatchling. When Harry had everything just outside the den he sat down on his butt with a tired sigh.

:Not yet child.:

:Okay get back inside now and move the nest if you want to rebuild it there. Empty all the supplies out of your branch. That is now your bed support. But first use those little shovel branches and get a small dirt platform where u want the bed. Hmm, you know wet dirt holds better. Get two of those half nuts and go get water from the creek first then come back. We have to go scouting.:

Harry blinked through the lecture. :Huh:

The right head fell dramatically. :Go get water:

:We'll be here when you get back little one.:

So Harry made the walk alone from the den to the creek holding the two halves of a coconut shell. He washed his hands, ate some berries, drank some water, then started back with his two shells full.

The snake was just returning as he came. :…dens. The larger one is not far from here so that one next. And the smaller ones with the rabbits and moles are hunting spots. I think we got the best den here.:

Harry cocked his head as he rested the coconuts in the grass with the water he hadn't spilled in them.

:Whachu talking about:

:Nothing little one.:

:Got the water? Good. Leave them there. Now time to start shoveling dirt. Get it inside where you want your bed and add water where necessary to keep the dirt together. But don't make a mud pile:

Harry grinned and grabbed two of the broke leaves and moved around the den to the back and away a bit before starting to dig up the dirt energetically using both hands.

:Kids.:

Two hours later Harry was laying the curved leaf on his dirt platform and he stepped back from it with a proud smile.

:Good:

:A little too wet. But good.: The snake hissed proudly. :Now you can go back to the creek and bathe and eat as you like. But take those shells back out with you and bring some water back. So you don't have to go every time you want some water or a drink.:

:When you get back you can fill you leaf with your bedding and rest, okay hatchling:

Harry hurried out with a happy cry and the snake hissed in satisfaction before settling down in a corner of the den and resting.

The hottest time of the afternoon found Harry now returning holding his two shells of water, happily wet and naked. He crawled into the den and put the water aside before waking the snake.

:W-wha…:

:I'm back. But I'm going to creek again. For more water.:

:Uhh…you woke us for that: The right head flopped down again.

The other two blinked at him. :Where is your covering? All of it:

:Back at the creek. Well, on the grass out in the sun by there.: Harry grinned. :I washed them.:

The two heads looked at each other. :Okay little one.:

:Have fun.: The other head said before they both dropped back down and fell asleep.

Night found Harry still nude and happy in his soft 'bed', clothes by his side and mostly clean save for the grass stained jacket, four 'bowls' of water nearby for use, a conveniently built toilet out back with the hole the dirt had been dug from and the snake watching over the sleeping child.

AN: Anything anyone wants to add?

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