Moonspear there's no one to bother me, except

"I'd like to sing sometime! Me and my brothers used to sing when we weren't working!”
As Katmai started to walk along the creek, Cosmo followed with a hop in his step.

“I guess my team was my village, then!” Cosmo said, tilting his head in thought. “Maybe it could be similar? Because, um, oh! Here's how it worked!” Even if he wanted to, Cosmo was powerless to stop the dump of information that was about to spill out of him. 

“We worked together to pull a big sled, but you don’t know what a sled is, so a sled helps you carry a lot of things. Like, if you caught a ton of rabbits or something big, you could use the sled to move it long distances!”

“So, you have lead dogs, in the front. That's where I usually was! Lead dogs are usually fast, and they follow the instructions of the musher – that's a human riding the sled – for where to go! But lead dogs also are the first to spot obstacles and stuff, so it's their responsibility to keep everyone safe and avoid danger, and to not get the team lost.” Cosmo briefly became distracted by a passing bird, before continuing.

“Next are swing dogs, which if I wasn't in the lead, that's where I'd be, too. They're right behind the lead, and they're usually like me, where they're normally lead dogs, or they're training to be lead dogs, learning the commands and seeing what the lead dogs do! But also, swing dogs help the team get around corners, y'know, like the name, they swing around ‘em and stuff!”

“And then, if you had a big team, there'd be the team dogs, which is what it sounds like. But ours wasn't big, so next are the wheel dogs. They're right next to the sled, and they're usually big and strong, since they pull the most weight.”

Cosmo stopped to catch his breath, realizing how long he'd been talking without interruption, and suddenly became sheepish. “Um, sorry! I like talking about it, since I'm not in a team anymore, but I promise I had a point!” He sped up to catch up with Katmai before he got too far behind him. 

“The point is, well, I was technically a leader, but it wasn't all up to me! The musher told me where to lead everyone, but I couldn't have led everyone without the wheel dogs pulling all that weight, and neither of us could have maneuvered the sled without the swing dogs. And the musher couldn't move the sled at all without the team.”

Noticing he was beginning to get further ahead than Katmai, he stopped, turning his head back to look at him. “So, we can't do what we do without a leader, but everything isn't all on you, either! All of us will have a part in keeping everything moving. And as long as you have a goal to lead us to, big or small, we'll keep moving! Someone that keeps us moving is a good leader, I think!”