Firefly Glen where life is beautiful all the time!

Nüwu described her island home as being surrounded by water, specifically ocean water. Meerkat had never seen an island for herself, though she'd heard about them in stories. The same went for the ocean. Someone had told her that seawater was salty, a concept she didn't really understand. Surely Nüwu would know all about that, so she'd have to ask her.

Sand was yet another thing she'd heard about but never experienced firsthand. She listened raptly as her new friend described it, the words immediately reminding Meerkat of the silt by the riverside back at the copse. Before she could say anything about it, Nüwu grew suddenly melancholy. Because of all the recent rain, she and her mother apparently couldn't go home.

Meerkat's ears flattened sympathetically. "Oh no! How come?" She thought about her recent visit with the Firebirds and all the mentions of flooding. "Is it because it might flood?" she guessed.