Heron Lake Plateau onto every life a little rain must fall

It was after he'd asked the question and stared for a few moments that he remembered her. She had fixed his hurts when the eagle had tried to take him away and he'd given it a good bite. He began to wag slowly before she started laughing and confused him. What was so funny? She was obviously eating very well and he wanted to know how! Then she said she wasn't fat and he cringed, feeling bad for suggesting so. She mentioned she  was pregnant and he blanked out, even more confused. "Pargnant?" he asked and furrowed his brow knowing he got the word wrong. He was a good and active talker but he still messed up some bigger stranger words. When asked if he knew what it was he shook his head slowly, coming closer to sniff at her.