Swiftcurrent Creek Teach Me to Sing

Valtýr's pouted lips quivered as he began to cry, tears darkening the sandy cheek fur upon his shubby face. "Whhhhaaaaa! Buh---buhh----beeeeeeeeee," He hiccuped between gasping breaths, completely distraught that he had squished the very thing he had hoped to capture. Even though it had got stuck on Maera's face, Valtýr never expected to be able to send the bug to oblivion so easily. His sister's sounds of disgust were barely audibly beneath his mewling wails.

Slowly he waddled over to her, one front paw outstretched to show Maera exactly what he had done.

A piece of the beetle's antenna twitched between its guts.

Huge, copper eyes welled with waterworks, snot dribbling from his nose. "MAEEEEE, maeeeee.... I-.... I--.....da beeee! I din...." he choked between gasps, hoping his sister would console him despite his slimy foot.