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When one of her little paws pinned his tail, allowing her to then grasp it in her jaws, Grub felt a surge of triumph. She clamped down without thinking, though the stranger's shout made her freeze. Her eyes lifted to his amused expression and her own tail twitched once as if to say, I might be trying to kill and eat you but I swear I'm friendly.

Her instincts compelled her to remain latched and even worry the tail for a moment. Then, satisfied with her target practice at least, she spat it on the ground and backpedaled a few steps to get a better look at the stranger. He was larger than Grub, though not quite as large as the adults.

Her brother and sister often attempted to speak and, certainly, her parents talked around and even to her all the time. But she didn't make a sound. She just stood there and stared, a faint smile on her face and her tail idly twitching hither and thither.