Stone Circle like a rollercoaster

"Lucky you," Birk commented, thinking with humour, how very much he would have preferred to be adopted by Valette than grow up in his own family. This had happened now in a way, but 3 years too late. No more joys and heartbreaks of puppyhood for him. 

"I was born on the Ice Fields - if you have seen the ocean freeze, then this is kind of a barren place I made my first steps in life at. It's as far North as you even can't imagine - there you hardly see any sunlight for half a year, food is scarce, weather ir tough and in general - I think either idiots or really stubborn people choose to live there," he finished his tale. 

"I decided one day that I had had enough with the cold and continuous fight for survival and left all that behind. And though it has not been the straightest and smoothest way for me, I have never regretted leaving," Birk said proudly. He had - after all - lived up to be three years old - that had to mean something, when on average you are lucky to get another day or week of life, where he came from.