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

Koa faced mom. Then faced her, she looked up at her then down at the rattle. Then looked back up at Koa…. She nodded. “Food. No toy…?” She could sense the seriousness of the situation yet there was no sternness, she understood now. “Food hurt this one?”

Aunty had set her paw on the rattle herself. Deer horn, bird feathers? She knew of bird yet not, “deer?” These all must have been food items then, she wondered though, why would one want to eat rattle?