Lucas had learned a word. Several words, actually, but one stuck out to him as more fun and fundamentally Him than any other word.
"Hi!" Lucas chirped up at a russet-furred squirrel that was darting along a tree branch. He was some distance from the den, still close enough that he could hear Laurel or Indra calling for him, but far enough to explore their new boundaries. It was proving too hard to stay within the tight confines of the den's entryway, especially with Nunataq and Marten joining them, so the pups had expanded their boundaries. It was only natural and wouldn't be long before they would be old enough to leave the den entirely.
"Hi!" he exclaimed again, this time at the sun in the sky. It was too bright to look at directly for any length of time, so he turned his squinted eyes back to the tree. "Hi!" Lucas greeted the unfurling leaf buds as he stood to wiggle in time with the sway of the branches in the breeze. His wiggling was a little more like dancing these days, with his paws and tail moving as well. At any given time of any given day, it wasn't uncommon to find Lucas bobbing his head along to his own personal rhythm.
A light splash made his ears prick and the fat pup waddled around a bush to see a small, brightly coloured songbird bathing its rapidly beating wings in a puddle. He stood there a moment, smiling in his cherubic and sunny way at it, and greeted it with a gentle, "hi!"
"Hi!" Lucas chirped up at a russet-furred squirrel that was darting along a tree branch. He was some distance from the den, still close enough that he could hear Laurel or Indra calling for him, but far enough to explore their new boundaries. It was proving too hard to stay within the tight confines of the den's entryway, especially with Nunataq and Marten joining them, so the pups had expanded their boundaries. It was only natural and wouldn't be long before they would be old enough to leave the den entirely.
"Hi!" he exclaimed again, this time at the sun in the sky. It was too bright to look at directly for any length of time, so he turned his squinted eyes back to the tree. "Hi!" Lucas greeted the unfurling leaf buds as he stood to wiggle in time with the sway of the branches in the breeze. His wiggling was a little more like dancing these days, with his paws and tail moving as well. At any given time of any given day, it wasn't uncommon to find Lucas bobbing his head along to his own personal rhythm.
A light splash made his ears prick and the fat pup waddled around a bush to see a small, brightly coloured songbird bathing its rapidly beating wings in a puddle. He stood there a moment, smiling in his cherubic and sunny way at it, and greeted it with a gentle, "hi!"
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May 24, 2018, 09:35 AM
'hi!' from inside the den, indra stirred. 'hi!' she cast her gaze outwards, towards the sunny courtyard where lucas' form wriggled, dappled by sunmotes. stiffly, she rose to her tired limbs and prowled quietly after him, her eyes resting on the bird that had captured the boy's attention. 'hi!'
she smiled to herself, reminded that there was some good in this world -- the childish wonder lucas exhibited, and his sweet discovery of a new word was enough to momentarily banish indra's near perpetual sulleness. soon, lucas would master other words too, and she hoped he would remain as sweet and as ebullient as he was now.
"hi!" indra chirped back to him quietly, indulging herself in a bit of play. the bird likely would not return lucas' greeting, but indra would.
she smiled to herself, reminded that there was some good in this world -- the childish wonder lucas exhibited, and his sweet discovery of a new word was enough to momentarily banish indra's near perpetual sulleness. soon, lucas would master other words too, and she hoped he would remain as sweet and as ebullient as he was now.
"hi!" indra chirped back to him quietly, indulging herself in a bit of play. the bird likely would not return lucas' greeting, but indra would.
now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turning gold,
and like the sky, my soul is also turning.
and like the sky, my soul is also turning.
The songbird seemed to take no notice of his greeting. Lucas held as still as he could for a moment, awaiting a reaction, but it soon proved agonizing to the wiggly pup. Without warning he broke into a run, charging straight at the bird and squealing with laughter as it fluttered away. Tail beating behind him, the rotund pup galloped after it for several steps and then shouted, "hi!" at the retreating tail feathers.
A shock ran through him as another voice returned his greeting. He spun around, gut and fat legs jiggling, and fixed his wide eyes on Indra. With a huge smile, the cub bounded over to his aunt, gathered his fat form under him and leaped up against her chest, pedaling eager paws and giggling. Somewhere in Lucasland, the place in his head where his personal rhythm originated, he was sprouting wings and flying like a bird. No amount of hoping for it gave him any lift, though; his chubby body could hardly hop more than a few inches off the ground without a great effort.
But he heaved his fat bottom up in little leaps regardless, bolstered greatly by his love and excitement, and began to yip, "hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hihihihihi!"
A shock ran through him as another voice returned his greeting. He spun around, gut and fat legs jiggling, and fixed his wide eyes on Indra. With a huge smile, the cub bounded over to his aunt, gathered his fat form under him and leaped up against her chest, pedaling eager paws and giggling. Somewhere in Lucasland, the place in his head where his personal rhythm originated, he was sprouting wings and flying like a bird. No amount of hoping for it gave him any lift, though; his chubby body could hardly hop more than a few inches off the ground without a great effort.
But he heaved his fat bottom up in little leaps regardless, bolstered greatly by his love and excitement, and began to yip, "hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hihihihihi!"
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