Heron Lake Plateau I Hear the Wind Call My Name

Was he this goofy when he was that small or was he just lucky?  Then again, Quixote was still sort of playing things by ear, even if as the pups got older he was sort of finding his way through the weeds, especially with Raven's help.  He was just a wee bit clueless if any approach was best.  No, you scared it!  You're a big wolf and gonna get bigger, but it's an itty-bitty bug and gonna stay that way.

How could he prove to the kid that it really wasn't very threatening?  Hmm.  Why don't we go find another one and maybe you can get a better look at it?  You'll see it's not so scary.  It was the unknown factor that was often the most scary, right?  That's why people told scary stories where the monster was cloaked in shadow.

The real question was how hard would it be to find another friggin' grasshopper?  It's not like they left nice distinct trails like a rodent would -- they kinda jumped... And flew.