Wild Berry Meadow Yum doesn't begin

Rhonen had traveled from home. Anxious, but boldly. He was tired of being cooped up. Father was away, his scent fading, but mother assured him he was merely scouting. But to what end?

It was with surprise and then delight he found himself upon a scented valley that made his mouth water.

He watched as birds dove amd flew around cackling at each other. Some even fighting. They needn't for there was enough for all.

He sniffed around sampling berries, staining his mouth with rainbows. Finding some not even ready to bloom that promised happiness for his tummy in later months.

delicious small juicy colorful balls popped pleasantly in herhis mouth, tongue colored and muzzle smeared in dark sticky sweet colors.

snout to bushes heshe passed through patches picking up treat after treat with guilty feeling of not having earned any. treats this nice were rewards for cool tricks and good behavior like staying put when told to or being brave when the washing machine got violent and loud - had to be a crime to eat this many!

but tk did not stop, vacuuming berries in a straight line over the meadow, unknowingly on iceberg collision course with an unseen other.

Rhonen found his mouth sticky and his paws stained. And he finally stopped to settle to his haunches and let his tummy stop moving about. Berries were good, but he was probably going to regret it later. 

A noise nearby had him lifting his head and blue eyes of his father cut across the meadow and the berries searching. Was he in trouble here? Should he be worried? It didn't sound very big, perhaps it was a prey animal. He was too tired to chase. 

But what he thought and what he saw were very different. The creature that was moving down the berries was the strangest looking rabbit thing he had ever encountered in a plethora of colors and shapes. What in the heck was it?

He stared rather overly long, and his mother would have told him about his manners.

without single thought more lengthy than

yum yum yum yum yum yum

tk continued on herhis path.

if hisher head did collide with a large furred object not seen before, or even if a noise was made to announce another's presence, runnerdog would jump back with startled yelp and buttwise into the berry bushes legs kicking in a flurry.

Rhonen was going to call out. But it was too late for him to get his tongue untied and his words out. He didn't move very much when the small creature ran into him. Thankfully he had his father's breadth of shoulders and heft. (I was so going to put g***h, but I didn't just for you. bahaha)

AAAARRRE yyyoou oookay?

His words shaky as they always were. Hard to understand and hard to speak. Shame colored his ears and he laid them tight to his head.

aghjf appreciated!!

heart drummed fast fast fast because there was other here and that other was bigyellowtanwolf like thincoat pugdog but palefaced and BIG!!

tk sat the greyhound sit - tense and stiff - eyes foodbowl large irises shimmering.

mouth opened for words but first came one long whine.

tk shut herhis mouth swallowed with great trouble all while not looking away barely blinking like the bigyellowtanwolf would move in the space of one black wink - then said words in a small fearful voice.

a-a-a-a-areyouhereforme?

<3

Rhonen was ashamed of his words. As he always was. He had to blow out a breath to center himself. He didn't think this tiny thing would make fun of him, but one never really knew.

Rhonen's ears tightened even harder against his head at teh high pitched whine. He shifted and backed up sort of walked his butt backwards. Because it was loud.

Rhonen shook his head. III cccame tttooo eeeat bbbuuhbbuuhberries.

blink.

o-o-okay.

greyhound sitcrouch was uncomfortable so tk stuck hindlegs out to sit on thighs head still low face drooping to look at nothing thoughts thinking.

chin lifted. unease again stiffened posture to ask question:

w-w-what'sbluhbluhbluhberries?

Rhonen was beginning to feel stiff from his seated position. But also was afraid he'd scare the little rabbit beast away. And he didn't want to do that. He wanted it to think he was nice.

Rhonen looked around and used his paw to point. Thththese ararare buhbuhbeerries. He touched one with a dew claw. 

Tututasty.

oh! tk looked again at the juicy treats heshe had sat in and without thought plucked another off its bush to now think and suckle.

gulp.

t-t-tasty! repeated just as better-knowing bigyellowtanwolf had said. stained tongue stuck out and smeared juice over herhis whiskers and snout.

silence.

umumuma-are-areweallowed? isthisallowed? ears raised head turning to look around for incoming punishment like spray bottle or rolled up newspaper.

then tk dipped down to pluck another.

A small smile lit up the side of Rhonen's muzzle as the rabbit beast began to eat the berries. It was a messy thing this small creature. That even Rhonen towered over. But he did try. To make himself smaller. 

Rhonen nodded his head. Yyyyess. Thuthuthese bebebelong tututo nuhnuhnoone.

Rhonen reached over to pluck one berry. His belly was pretty full and even a little swollen, but he wanted to show the rabbit beast that he was doing it too. That it was okay.

...oh. were sprinterdog known to slow down it would've been a longer sound l- l- l- likedeermouserabbit.

ears flapped tho and fro as head bounced up and down. made sense.

tk dipped and gulped, now eating more and with bigger daring and no fear.

intent was to continue eating until satisfied.

( although the bellyaching would come first )

Rhonen nodded his head. Yuyuyes lululike prprprey anananimals.

It seemed he was getting to the rabbit thing, though self proclaimed was not a rabbit. So what was it? It was a bit like a wolf, but it was smaller and snout was stranger and it had weird coloring and Rhonen just wasn't sure what to do.

bubube Cacacarful. Tototoo mamamany bububerries cacacan mamamake yyyou sisisick.

nom nom nom

in speedy feeding frenzy shehe passed and circled around bigyellowtanwolf as bigyellowtanwolf spoke, nervousness of closeness forgotten in moment of sugary bliss on taste buds used to wet raw meat and sundried carcass, too.

then tk froze mid-nom.

s-s-s-s-sick?! punctuated by shrill yelp at the end head raising like spooked deer. s-s-soit-t-tispunishment!

tongue rolled out and let the small mush of dark purple fall to the ground.

in nervous state following discovery of yes definitely a trick like piece of sausage fallen under the table that earned a yelling if eaten, tk was aware of every sensation within hisher body. of sweet taste on tongue and sticky whiskers and a small small small but present ache in belly that wasn't there before the b-b-blueberries.

a yelp!

and a whine.

sh-sh-shouldn'thave. shouldn'thaveshouldn'thave. legs lost strength and tk flopped down then rolled onto back eyes big, dark and wet because awful! sh-shouldhaveonlyeat, onlyeatcaughtrabbit.

and herhis forepaws crossed at the ankles over snout as runnerdog whine-sobbed.

Rhonen nodded and then shook his head as the creature began to get all weepy and upset. Nununno. Nununot pupupunishment. Iiit's ooonly cccause yuyuyou aaate tototoo mamamany. Iii've dododone iiti bbbefore too.

Rhonen stared unsure what to do. iiit's oookay. Rurureally.

He wished his mom or his dad were here, they would know what to do better than him.

n-n-n-n-n-no! tk lowered paws to look at clear blue sky. i-i-it'spunishment! f-f-forbeingabaddog!

tk whined again, rolling now onto herhis belly, legs splayed out in a sploot.

tkisb-baddogbadbaddog. heshe muttered into the berry bushes.

then quickly snatched another treat.

then yelped when herhis belly protested.

Rhonen stared and balked a little. Wowowho sasasays yuyoyou ararare aaa bababad dododog? Anananyone wowowould gegeget sisisick iiif thththey eaeaeat tototoo mumumuch.

Yoyoyou ararare nononot bababad.

Rhonen had to admit were he older and more experienced with life, perhaps this would make him smile, but right now he was simply concerned.

pupils grew glossy large and black looking up at bigyellowtanwolf.

▼

r-r-really? i-i'mnot?

sniffle.

oh.

pupils rolled side to side thinking over this new discovery.

w--w-well- bigyellowtanwolfnot. notbaddog. e-e-either.

shehe looked at the other with an expression mostly wimpy but with wobbling bottom lip trying to muster conviction.

sniffle.

Yoyoyou arararen't bababad. Gogogood dododog.

Rhonen smiled and bowed his head. A small aw shucks look on his large face. thththank yoyoyou.


Rhonen shifted and looked aorund unsure. dododo yoyoyou hahahave fafamily or frfrfriends?

good dog! good dog! good dog!

hisher tail swirled.

u- u- umumum, ihave-i- i- ihaveum-

tongue faster than brain tripped over teeth but thoughts caught up soon.

rodyn! rodyn'sfriend!

but there the thoughts raced through empty expanse of brain with no landmark in sight.

a- a- andum. andum. that'sthat!

if a moment could've been spared for feeling sad it passed to ask the next question:

does- doesbigyellowtanwolflive- livealone?

it made perfect sense! like a bearcougarmoose, which in the dog's mind were all the same category of too-large size, just like bigyellowtanwolf.

rhonen listned with the patience of someone who knew the strugggle to speak. And he didn't press the small creature in front of him. Merely waited. 

He shook his head. Iii Lililive wiwiwith mamamom aanananad dadadad ananan lololotus.

Rhonen took a deep breath. It was hard to get that all out. Ananand ininin papapack. Dodo yoyoyou neneneed hehelp fififinding Rororodyn?

omg so sorry i accidentally sent a draft--- taggin on the 'cord now!

muhmuhmom. duhduhdad. lololotus.

shehe nodded her head with the perfect understanding of a small mind.

oh! ears sprang up.

rod- rodynlivesby- byseawatercoast. is- doyougobyseawatercoast?

face eagerly lifted, eyes big with hope.

Rhonen didn't know waht else to say about his family. He had two brothers, but it had been so long since he had seen Deja and Nico. IT was hard to imagine their faces anymore. 

Rhonen shook his head. NNNOO, bbbutt IiiiI cacacan hehehelp yoyoyoyou.

Rhonen felt odd leaving the little dog beast to fend for itself so he would walk it to the coast. His mother might worry, but it shouldn't take that long right and as long as he let them know. He was old enough.

w-w-wellyoucan. youcanhelpby. bytellingifrodyncomesbythat. thattkiwell.

the runnerdog smiled, tail wagging.

a-andum. byyouum. stayinghere. until. untilbellystophurting.

a little rumble from the sunked stomach.

fade? :3 tk on a quest to befriend all good danni bois

thank you

Rhonen nodded. oookay iiiif Iiii sesesesee rororodyn. Iii tetetetell hihihim.

Rhonen nodded and settled from his rear to his stomach. Crossed his paws. And lay his head down. His tail thumping on the ground. He would stay as long as this little thing wanted him too.