Sun Mote Copse i'm cute about everything

Anyone who knew her knew about Sugar's burgeoning passion for all things earthen. Her experience with the purple flower had put a damper on that, though even her brush with death couldn't quell her fascination for long. When invited to accompany an adult on a brief jaunt around the territory, Sugar couldn't resist the opportunity. She would just avoid going anywhere near any flowers, that was all.

That proved easier said than done, of course; the copse was in full summer bloom. Somehow, Sugar managed to give any and all purple blossoms a wide berth. Concentrating on this task saved her from experiencing her usual "whelmies" (as @Finley called them), as it kept her focus fairly narrow. Before she knew it, they were in a neck of the woods far from the rendezvous site, her escort commanding her to stay put before striding off to perform a cursory perimeter check.

She wasn't a willful child and planned to obey. She planted her hindquarters and peered at her surroundings, squinting at a patch of purplish wildflowers off in the distance. Sugar only moved because a bee drifted in her direction. She liked most insects, though she'd eaten a bee (a "spicy sky raisin," someone had called it) and it hadn't been pleasant, to put it mildly.

In her effort to avoid the bee, Sugar rose and trotted away a few yards. It came after her. The puppy snorted and moved again. When still it drifted along in her wake, she tried to outsmart it by breaking into a run. It worked wonderfully; the bee vanished behind her as Sugar darted unknowingly toward the borders.

The strong smell of urine made her slow, stop and realize what she'd done. Before Sugar could retrace her steps, she noticed a dark figure nearby. It wasn't her chaperone though. It was nobody she knew. She hadn't met many strangers in her life, though she wasn't fearful. She was a little bit aloof but also very curious. She noted that that the unfamiliar wolf most certainly wasn't an adult; he was only a pup, like her!

After a long while of studying him from afar, Sugar eventually called out, "Hey!" and then, "Who're you?" But she didn't move closer, not yet.