Northstar Vale The Ants Go Marching One By One

She was surprised when her mother didn't immediately offer her tail to the youngest girl. Being the adventurous and mischievous youngling that she was, Sumi had a tendency to wander of when not held close under foot. But she wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth and so she made sure she was at the veeerrRRRRRRYYYYyyyyy end of the puppy train. Just in case you know... anything interesting came a long. It would be easier to escape from the back.

As the youngest, and the smallest of the bunch, Sumi was sometimes hard pressed to keep up with her mothers long strides. Not that she minded. She had already learned if her mother thought she had left Sumi behind she was apologetic... where as if Reiko thought her daughter had left herself she was angry. So if her mother out paced her the girl didn't mind, it gave her time to get lost.

Despite her itchy feet, Sumi was more interested in her where her mother was taking them! This was new, they had never been so far. And the little girl was extremely excited. So she remained at the back of the line, with her sibling's tail gently held between her teeth.