Blacktail Deer Plateau Waking up

Get ready for some disturbed child fun! Obviously "Osprey" is just a figment of her imagination.

Tytonidae had taken to hiding among her friends for most of the day. She ate, of course, and drank, but she didn't socialize with much of anybody these days. Except, of course, for Osprey. Her sister really was the best, and Ty could not understand why everybody gave her odd looks when she mentioned good ol' Junior. So Ty had quit mentioning her entirely to anybody else, and she and Osprey had decided that they would keep her secret from everybody else. It was a really fun game, and Tytonidae had a whole lot of fun playing it.

The young girl had been playing with her good friends when she heard a rustling nearby. “I’ll see you guys in a little while,” she promised them, “Just be good while I’m gone.” They weren't always very nice to one another, and Ty often found herself scolding them for their mistakes. After they had all bid her goodbye, she and imaginary Osprey went to investigate the sound. It wasn't long before Ty found her father standing over a dead rabbit. Surely something he had killed.

Remembering not to give away Osprey's secret, she waddled over to her father and gave him a lick on the chin as her sister stood back. “Did you kill it, Daddy?” she asked, taking a step back and sniffing at the carcass.