Hideaway Strath when we arrive, sons and daughters

Mallaidh is not able to understand the words by her mother by the time she’s snatched from the ground and hanging in midair. It is not the first time she’s been taken by the scruff but it is the first time with such speed that she immediately squirms and tries to fight it. It takes a lot of her energy out of her and her swollen belly anchors her down, the added weight making it uncomfortable. Eventually, her legs come in to her trunk and she becomes slack in her mother’s grip. For several long seconds she remains in place, trying to point her nose up to see Lotte’s face but she cannot and she whines, softly, and she is finally given reprieve and set on the ground. She remains a blob on the dirt, staring at the meat that is being taken by her sister and brother and not her with distaste but she does not move again until she is allowed to.