Snowforest Taiga what's left of our eden's garden to grow?

no apology necessary, short posts are superior

after trying to shoo the younger girlchild back to her parents, phaedra lay her head back amongst the velour blossoms, closing her eyes for a moment and luring in the shy visitation of sleep upon her bone-weary body. 
a heartbeat later, phaedra sensed her little parcel delivery had not returned to sender like she requested, and just as that consciousness intruded on her mind, again the small voice bade her acknowledgment: "i'm ciri," nearest somnolent lid uncorked, brow practicing its mimesis of the dark, ragged clouds above. 
the lamb raised her head again, petals of ballet-slipper pink clinging to her rain-mussed cheek. she lipped at a bloom sticking to her black gums, finally blustering it away with a huff.
phaedra turned and faced ciri—in the midst of chattering (literally and figuratively)—and said very sternly: "hey, you ever hear of d'... " she hesitated, willing lethargic synapses to engage with her silvertongue, "d' black onthat?" she whispered the name like it was non licet, taboo, and glanced about vigilantly before continuing, "id only comes oud at dark during sdorms, exactly like dis one, and theys got deeth the size of your leg," she whisper-shouted with wide eyes, then a sigh of relief washed her. "they only ead little dark color girls, though, 'cause they make id even blacker n bigger. that's why i'm prodected n' you an't." she straightened her neck and shot a glance where the adults kept on through the rain.
"buhhhhhht! black onthat is so much afraid of grown-ups, and an't go near 'em. you needa go afore id sees you from the sadows," phaedra imparted a coaxing gesture through the air, directing her back towards the dryness of the trees colonized by their pack.
so sleep deprived, her brain disconnected from the part of itself responsible for checking her emotions, and the girl's throat burned with the yearning to sob from exhaustion. "names a'fore d'morrows and sunups, moontimes is for sleeps," she informed her with exasperation, "only sleeps."