Totoka River aniruk ✿

Tohka continued digging, careful not to throw any dirt onto her new friend, and not really noticing that she was getting herself dirty, though it was much less obvious on her darker coat. She kept her ears perked and gave an occasional nod to let the other know she was listening. She tried to visualize a collection of dens with different wolves living in them and tried to imagine how it would have been as a pup to go from one to another and get fed at each one.

She also like the song. It seemed simple, clear, and comforting, although she suspected it might have had more meaning that was lost in translation, but that couldn’t be helped. Then, to her surprise, came the question, What is a lullaby? She paused her digging to gather her thoughts before answering. “It’s a kind of song that’s supposed to be soft and soothing. They’re usually pretty simple, and sometimes silly. Momma used to sing them to help me and my sister and brothers fall asleep when we were pups. Actually, the song you just taught me could easily be one. There was one that my momma used to sing while I stared into the sky at night.”

She cleared her throat and sang in her softest voice,
“Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.”

She resumed digging as she said, “It’s kinda silly, but whenever Momma sang like that, it would help me sleep.”