Duck Lake gold slugs

With grass, leaves and twigs weaved into the fur on one side, he alternated to the other to see that it too received the same decoration. He did not mind the silence, aware that the coyote pup merely observed him in his play. The blue-nosed wolf figured that the longer he kept up his harmless display, the more likely she was to feel at ease with him. Her comment suggested his ploy was working, at least to some degree.

"Hmmm?" he hummed as he rolled to his stomach and faced her. "Nope, I'm anything but nasty. Why, have you met some nasty characters in your short life?" He did not doubt she had, for her kind was not favored among his.