Coconut Grove Strange fruit

As the naive cat pried at the green ball excessively, she started to feel the husk giving way in parts. This was altogether quite an exciting discovery, for the thing could come apart! Umi began pulling at a started strip of the husk with her large teeth, pressing down on the nut violently with her paws, claws hooked into it. The strip pulled free, and she grinned wider.

At that point she was standing over her weird ball. A shape not too far off was looking at her. She surmised a coyote or a wolf, due to its build. Umi sniffed at the air curiously, her smile faded and a stupified look replaced it. Friend or foe? she called out, sniffing still but unable to detect anything from her upwind position. Only the breeze surrounded her. The coconut lay sadly on the sand.