Wapun Meadow prelude in c major

She wasn't going to let some prey get away just because it had the audacity to nip at her! Poppy ceased swiping at her eyes and bolted after the stumbling thing, blinking through the blood that dripped into her left eye, finally drawing near enough to make a lunge as it began to vanish into it's burrow. Her fangs snapped on empty air as the thing found a reserve of energy somehow and vanished into the earth. She sat back, wilting, knowing that if she had only been faster she ought to have scored a meal. This time of year, she could not afford failure, even with the suport of Murdock and the pack. She settled onto her haunches, beginning to clean the scrapes on her face.