Redhawk Caldera hide and go seek

She hung off her sister like a monkey, grinning at Jay upside down when he arrived. Ani loosened her grip and righted herself a moment later, wondering what he was eating. It looked like a bird of some sort.

Eljay captured the youths’ attention and shortly began counting down to begin their game. Ani’s eyes went wide, her head snapping around to see what Chickadee planned to do. Her sister grabbed her and together they raced away.

The Hobbit Hole flashed through her mind. But before Ani could suggest it as a hiding place, Chickadee mentioned a tree. Right away, the smaller Nestling began looking everywhere for the perfect candidate.

Here, here! she yelled, yanking on the other girl’s elbow as she used her other paw to point at a particularly stout oak with leaves heaped around its roots.

She didn’t actually know where Chickadee intended to hide. Did she mean to climb the tree? Or maybe they could get inside it somehow? Or perhaps they could simply tuck themselves beneath all these fragrant leaves!

Ani jumped into them with a laugh, rolling onto her back and swiping out a foreleg to cover herself. There were so many, it was quite easy to blanket them over her small body and disappear.

The instant Ani settled in to wait, she realized, I gotta pee so bad!