Verdigris Ravine ~Seeking the sun, feeling the sand….~

S'ari watched her daughter, Chisa, hover at the entrance of the den. They were getting older, day by day, and walking on surer legs over time. She came and sat beside the girl, looking out at the world from the mouth of the den. Chisa, she said softly, what do you see? Mother sees something up there. She pointed with her snout, looking up into a nearby tree, a squat little thing with waxy leaves. In its branches was a bird. What is that, Chisa? Do you know the word?