Blacktail Deer Plateau mischief managed

The Alpha male rumbled a greeting, causing Osprey to glance back at him. Then Blue Willow's paw waved in her peripheral vision and the tot faced forward again. Her little nose wrinkled and her black lips peeled back from her tiny teeth. What sounded like a burp erupted from her mouth, a continuous rumbling clearly meant to be a savage snarl. All the while, a babyish smile upturned the corners of her mouth and danced in her twinkling blue eyes.

Once more, her tiny paw clawed at the air, aiming now for Blur Willow's left foreleg. She realized suddenly that the paw that had swiped at her a moment ago now rested on the ground, so Osprey Jr. sprang at it, hoping to put it in its place.