Sleepy Fox Hollow This love is gettin' kind of dangerous

"i understand," selenia said, hiding her little smile. "you need to win. i get it. but, you need to learn how best to run on different kinds of land. the elk calves are bossy, but they can show you how to race straight up the side of a mountain. the caribou calves don't speak horse very well, but they are fastest in a flat-out gallop, and they can teach you how to hold it for a long time. the fawns, you won't be racing them. you can learn how to be very quiet from a fawn, how to leap a log and land silent."

she was in her element now, teaching about the other ruminants in their world. "antelope are smug. they can't show you much more than pronking, which is — well. you'd have to see it for yourself, and it's unlikely we'll ever meet an antelope. but you may meet mountain goats, who may be very rude. do not be rude in return. they are testing you. mountain sheep are similar. get to know them, and like the elk, they'll teach you ledge-running. bison are one of the biggest. it takes many, many wolves to get one bison. what they can show you, though, are the best and most consistent grazing grounds."

"and moose. well. moose are the biggest, but — best to simply not try and speak with them. they haven't bothered to learn anyone else's language, simply because they don't have to learn."