Meadowlark Prairie Step One

Her grin was infectious, Minna offered her a smile in return. However, at the mention of locusts, that smile faltered a bit. She sighed, before beginning her story. She might as well tell the girl what she knew. "The locusts struck seemingly everywhere; I journeyed south, far south, a journey that took me many days, and also north. Both places have far from escaped the ravaging locusts. My own pack; we have lost some good members during the famine."