Firefly Ravine River Crossing

Tohka visualized a cracked tree limb when Katora explained the meaning of the word fractured. Trying to visualize the tree limb as a rib in her side didn’t work so well. She stood there for a several seconds trying to process the idea before giving up. What mattered was that it was possible that she had cracked a rib, and if she did it would hurt for awhile but would eventually heal. That should be good enough anyway. When Katora asked if she had trouble talking, her answer was, “No. No trouble talking.” She was glad for that at least, as she did like to talk and it would be torture for her if she couldn’t.

By the time Katora suggested seeing if she walk or not, she had the cut in her paw cleaned up. She didn’t want to put any pressure on the cut or get it dirty again, so she held that paw up. While holding her cut paw up, she hobbled on three legs several steps along the bank downstream, then hobbled back to Katora. “I’ll have to walk on three on legs ‘til my paw heals, but I can manage,” she said. “I don’t think it’ll take too long.” It wasn’t the first time she had hurt herself and probably wouldn’t be the last, but she was eager to continue.