Sun Mote Copse and the mome raths outgrabe

It pleased her immensely when her shouts summoned not one but two adults, one of them her father. Sugar grinned up at them in turn, her smile smudged with specks of dirt, and then resumed her digging. She unearthed more roots, which she eventually yanked out of the soil, bringing the stem and leaves with them. She was left standing over and staring down at her handiwork in wonder.

One of the roots was wriggling! Instinctively, the youth swatted a paw at it, flinging the earthworm a few inches. It began to curl into itself and writhe madly. Sugar's eyes widened and she pounced at it again, grabbing it between her sharp little teeth. She whipped her head back and forth rather wildly, prancing aimlessly as she did so.

She stumbled right into Dorminos's left foreleg, causing her to spit out the crumpled worm on Elwood's neighboring paw.