Jade Fern Grove The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rabies... he had sort of heard of them, but hadn't been listening properly when he had. It had been one of those things when, ages ago, an adult had used the word rabies in a sentence and Ishi had been too busy playing to care. He cared now, though.

I'm so sorry, Spring... Somewhere in the back of his mind he stored the name "Teekon" as the title of these great lands, but Scouting wasn't highest on his list of priorities right at this moment.