Swiftcurrent Creek And curiosity

Cygnet's teeth caused her pain. She ground them against sticks, and chewed everything that came close to her salivating mouth to try and get rid of the nuisance baby teeth. She fussed loudly while she ate, not knowing whether it felt better to alleviate all pressure from her teeth or to keep chewing on things to make the pain go away. In places, she had two rows of teeth where the baby teeth had not yet fallen out. Along with the chronic drooling, she looked more shark than wolf. 

She liked the look of it, though. She gazed down at her reflection in the creek's dark surface, noting the sharp points of the little teeth that refused to fall out, hiding amongst the larger adult teeth that had come in. In her eyes she noticed a difference as well- a slight sliver of neon green in each eye. She wondered if her whole eyes would become that colour, not knowing that she'd inherited a genetic trait. 

Once her thirst was satisfied, she began to rove along, grabbing at sticks and grasses as she passed, until she passed by a thicket of juniper. She chewed on a branch of it, and found the tickling, prickling evergreen satisfying against her aching gums. Without considering for a moment the plant's possible toxicity, she began to chew at the branches ravenously- nettles, berries and all.