Verdigris Ravine Do you see what I see?

the opening of his daughter's eyes provoked the closest thing that zoug could wear as a smile.

so blurry they seemed, so unfocused. he gazed at her with rapt attention, surveying each detail of every pup with his single eye. 

he wished to already have had their naming ceremony, but it was better to wait. to — wait for all to be ready.

he looked back at the pups. after this, he would think on their sacred animals. each child of the desert would have a guiding creature. they would show themselves as time went on.

he was full of fatherly pride; arranging; thinking ahead; he looked to the toy and then the coyote children.