Sun Mote Copse de-light-ed

All at once, Penn was giggling, Crow was wailing and Avery was yipping. Sugar felt overcome by an unfamiliar emotion. She felt hot behind the ears and down her striped back. Her tail puffed up like a bottle brush and she scowled, uncertain what to make of this sudden and strange sentiment. All she knew was she wished everyone would quiet down; all the noise was too much for her.

Unaware of the connection between ears and hearing, it didn't occur to her to drop down and cover them to dull the cacophony. But instinct compelled her to scamper toward the nearer parent (Elwood) and shove her head into his furry flank. She grunted her inexplicable discomfort, then tried to push herself behind the bend of his hind leg as if to hide from the racket.