Jade Fern Grove there beyond the palisade

besides rolling over as a pup and later a juvenile, until her bulk had gotten too big to do so comfortably, she'd never considered looking at the world the wrong way round. "hm," she offered contemplatively, not risking rolling onto her back and displacing the poultice there. instead, she craned her head as far as her shoulders would allow, gaining not an upside-down view but a sideways one. 

he spoke again, and, distracted, she straightened her head and regarded him with a grin. he was brimming with energy - so much that she imagined with nothing to hold him to the earth, he'd go jetting off into the sky like - like a really fast bird, she supposed. grin remaining, she asked, "what's your name? I'm Vuk."