Spoken from the Heart

He wanted english from her. An entire sentence. This made the little girl shrink. An whole sentence? She was nervous, making her forget about her hunger, even as her teacher ate what she had caught. She tried not to show her anxiety, though her voice betrayed her.

"Eh...A ..stick..is a little..tree?"

She didn't know if she said tree correctly, and almost slipped and said madera.
She gazed up at the giant grayscaled hessian before her, as he chewed upon her hare.
She did want to learn, and she showed her desire through tail wagging.