Blacktail Deer Plateau eats, shoots and leaves

It seemed Blue Willow was determined to keep Osprey Jr. on her toes today. The pup watched in bewilderment as her aunt laughed herself nearly to tears. Young Osprey stared at this, befuddled, and began to feel a bit angry. Was Blue Willow laughing at her? If so, why?

"I—" the child began to say when the Alpha female praised her. Junior blinked uncertainly, then went in another direction. "What's deafen?" she wanted to know, slightly mispronouncing defend, mostly by putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable.