Sun Mote Copse I've been swimming from the Wallace

While she'd been hoping to catch a salmon or trout, she had instead spotted a muskrat swimming in the cool, shallow waters beneath the overhang where she'd been draped, waiting to pounce, and had opted to take that as her prize instead. She didn't care much for the taste of muskrat, but they had a nice pelt that was fairly water resistant, so she would make good use of that and use it to line her den. It might become especially useful the following spring, as she looked forward to bringing another litter of puppies into the world. 

So she set about doing what she could to skin the creature, and wondered if she might as well just bring the rest back for the kids to share as a snack. She wasn't skilled at removing pelts from her kills, so she would end up with little other than a small patch, but at least she could say she'd been productive for the day. 

Once the scrap of pelt was left out to dry and the meat stashed near the Rendez-vous site, she made her way back toward the river- but chose to pass by the flooded garden that Eljay and Weejay had once tended to. She was surprised, then, to find that she was not the only one in the area- and spotted the pale, gilded frame of @Fennec rustling through the undergrowth nearby. While she felt very reluctant to do so, she had told Towhee she would apologize to her daughter, so with a roll of her eyes, she chuffed to catch the girl's attention, and tried to make herself look friendly- figuring that is she made herself look cheerful, it might actually impact the way she spoke and acted.