Wild Berry Meadow One for the Money

He moved as thought he had a destination. Always precise in step with his head lowered, his muscles turning with raw power, and his tail maneuvering as thought it were directing him. There, truthfully, was not purpose to this particular adventure. He just knew that he needed to know the lands a bit better than he presently did. If this was going to be a home then he needed to make sure he could map it out in his head to get where he could someday be needed. 

 There was a task then, afterall; wasn't there? His pace eventually began to slow to a crawl as he realized the terrain had changed exceptionally. There were fruits and unknown flora decorating the land. Collision found himself quite curious to be honest. He had always been a meat kind of guy. There was little interest in anything else for consumption. It had done him well thus far. He knew there were those of his kind that ate berries. Which there were plenty of and variety of around him. Maybe he would pick one and try it? He shrugged his shoulders and picked his specimen. A tiny thing--but one couldn't hurt right? 

 A new thought occured to him. Weren't some of these things poisonous. Ah, but didn't healers also use these to remedy certain ailments and wounds? It was decided. He would consume a single berry. One couldn't do so much damage; could it? Perhaps he would inspect it first...and so he did. He began nosing through the berries in the particular bush he had chosen to see if anything smelled particularly off. It was beginning to look as though he were in the clear.