You found me now and you heard my call

The sudden fall made Osprey surprised and confused. Feet had never failed her before, therefore she did not understand, what had happened and why. The only thing that was clear - she was lying flat on her belly in a puddle of ice-cold water and, even though her aching and inflamed joints enjoyed cooling off, her stomach, which - as the kids grew, took more place in her body and distended the skin - had lost a great deal of fur, leaving it bare and more tender to touch and temperature changes.

As she prepared to move, all of a sudden there was a stranger wolf by her side, inquiring, how she was doing and whether she was hurt. "I don't know," she murmured, feeling very stupid for this fact. However, he leaned in to help, therefore she pulled her feet under her body and pushed herself back to her feet. Osprey whined of how painful it was, but forced herself to walk out of the water. When she reached the first dry spot, she lied down again. "Thank you... brave knight," she told him with a smile that was a faint reflection of her old carefree self. "May I know your name?"