Redtail Rise he will not see me stopping here

She grinned in delight, tail wagging at the idea of tug-of-war. However... she worried that the boy's little squirrel tail would be torn to shreds between the two of them. Alright. So she would "play" and let him win, and hopefully keep the tail intact.

She took the tail between her teeth and pulled and tugged and pretended that it was very difficult. In reality, she barely held the tail at all, so the moment he resisted her pulling, it would slip from between her teeth to let him win.