Lost Creek Hollow every step i take

he said some word she didn't know and assumed it a curse - her parents hadn't been fond of teaching her those, and with no one else in their familiar pack to do it, her repertoire remained small. silently, she added this to the list. he continued, and she dipped her head as she chewed. she didn't like to think of it as luck that she'd gotten away - that would mean that there was just as great a chance that she wouldn't have. she liked to imagine that it was her quick action that had the other man land on the bottom and she flee, but in truth, it had been mostly luck on the untested girl's side. 

he asked next a question she could easily answer, and stuck out her tongue so that he may see the consistency of the poultice. surprisingly, it was close to perfect - a bit too watery, and one chunk of leaf had consistently evaded her jaws. her head tilted a fraction to the right, asking for the go-ahead to place it on her tail.