Stone Circle the wicker wolf

Once Swiftlet became aware of other creatures within their world, and became capable of pursuing them, they became his sole reason for existence. Beetles and bugs, flies and wind-carried leaves which he mistook for the latter, grasshoppers and frogs... he went after them all. If he caught them he would eat them, and in doing so he discovered his biggest joy in life so far: the thrill of chowing down on something he had hunted himself.

It was a mild afternoon with the sun drifting in and out of the clouds. @Katla was with @Tauris nearer the den while Swift, whom was always hungry and could never seem to eat enough, was on the prowl again snuffling about for snacks and entertainment. Despite his voracious appetite he remained slender, growing more graceful in his movements each day. This was most apparent when he was focused on stalking, as his propensity for reckless frolic and haphazard gamboling often masked his elegance.

His ears, now almost entirely erect on top of his head, were keen enough to pick up a distant hum. It lured him with its persistence and novelty, and he tracked it to a patch of clover. @Figment had passed by here earlier when he left to hunt, and for a moment Swift was distracted by his father's scent and a longing to travel so far as he. But then more distinct, individual hums loudly passed by his ears. The rest happened very quickly.

He snapped and bounced after the bugs as they rose from the clover until there was a sharp pain at one of his heels. Then his arse. Perplexed at first, he stood stupidly glancing to and fro, only for one of these black-and-yellow menaces to pitch on his nose and dig its stinger in there. Swift yelped, and right then and there he abandoned his hunt and sought vengeance, driving his head into the clover as he tried to chomp at the rising swarm.

There was no taking the punishment. Seconds later Swift fled squalling, blundering blindly through the brush and colliding with [YCH], the hornets still madly on his tail.

Let's play Your Character Here! :) Open to anyone who may be in the vicinity of the den.