Blacktail Deer Plateau mischief managed

The paw fluttered like a bird (not that Osprey could make the comparison just yet), always just out of reach. The pup's jaw worked and she let out a yowl of frustration that eventually tapered into a small but mighty growl. Coiling her tiny, fat-padded haunches beneath herself, she made a flying leap... and finally caught the damn thing.

After dragging it to the ground, Osprey Jr. squashed all of her weight against the paw to keep it there, then applied her teeth to wring the life from her "prey." She managed to wrap her jaws partly around Blue Willow's ankle. She growled against the fur and flesh in her mouth, then tried to worry it back and forth. But the she-wolf's leg didn't move in the least, no matter how hard she tried to shake her head.

Undeterred but no more willing to let go of her catch, Osprey Jr. held on tightly and waddled sideways, turning herself around so that she now stood partially in the Healer's shadow. She shifted her grip but maintained it, her eyes flicking up and crinkling at the corners when she saw her dad watching her from within the den. Her tail waved and she attempted to tug the paw forward in the hopes of presenting her "kill" to her father.