Hideaway Strath You are the best that has ever happened to me

@Turmeric @Mulberry @Thyme Momma timeeee <3 Forward dated a few days so they are around a month.

The mother nudged her little ones towards the outside of the den. She felt more comfortable with them outside. She really felt they would be ready soon to move to a general meeting site. Hopefully Simmik would move hers there as well so they could play and learn from each other. It would also make them less likely to explore too far. She hoped.

Arlette gotten outside before the den. But instead of being right by the entrance she wanted to prepare to them for a possible move. She hoped they would be eager to follow her. So Arlette trotted a few meters out away from the den, jogging lightly, watching to see if they would follow her. She yipped to encourage them to come to her.

Thyme was still a fat ball on legs. Luckily for him, a more stable ball on legs. He looked up when his mommy got up. He sat up curiously looking at her. Sometimes she went away for a little while, but she had always returned. He still would try to follow her though. Only when she told him to stay pup he did. Plus normally if she would go his daddy would be around. Thyme squeaked when he wasn't yet nipped or told to stay. He had a clumsy hop after his mother. The sun falling on his pale agouti fur, showing off the pattern that was diluted. 

Momma was fast. "Maaaa," he sqeaked. When she yipped he was eager to catch up with her. Even with his puppy vision she was easy to follow, a more defined blob of white. Especially when she was close to him she could see her white fur in better detail. He mostly liked her warm tongue though, and the food she gave them. He still preferred the food from her belly than form her maw. His tail wagged behind him. When he would see any of his siblings he would pounce on them. Really in the mood to bite some ears. Those of his mom were easier to bite though, since they were bigger.

Turmeric had been 'splorin the floors of the cavern when ma had risen and nudged he and his siblings in turn. This was a different sort of gesture than the goodbye kisses she'd give them when she'd leave the cavern from time to time. There was an invitation in her touch, and the young boy fell in clumsy and eager step behind her.

He'd been farther from where ma headed than his brother, and Turmeric scrambled to catch up - casting a look around for @Mulberry even as he slapped forward with his little body and big goofy paws. He was, in fact, so eager that he didn't give where they were going a second thought. He charged as fast as his toddler legs could carry him and, as the world unfurled around them, he found his eyes drawn anywhere but forward - anywhere and everywhere, but to the paler shape of his brother @Thyme, who he would almost certainly crash into if his brother didn't swing round and roughhouse the small, unsuspecting, and thoroughly distracted Turmeric first.

slowly, but surely, mulberry was getting used to her legs. her steps weren't wobbly anymore, although still clumsy. her eyesight was getting better, she could hear now though the words that arlette and derg used were little more than gibberish to her. she is napping when arlette nudges her. she wakes up, groggy but stretches, yawning widely even as turmeric and thyme prance and wrestle 'round her. one of them even bites her ear — as to which she lets out a squeal of loud protest; whether it was acknowledged or minded was another matter entirely.

when arlette leaves, mulberry shakes off thyme and prances after arlette, pausing as she steps outside the den for the first time; squinting against the sunlight. there is a plethora of sounds no longer muffled by the birthing den and she visibly hesitates before stepping out and sniffing cautiously at all the new smells.

Arlette moved out of the den with her three little balls following her. Soon they were all rolling over each other and playing. They were so adorable. Arlette also did this to make herself more comfortable as well. To have her pups out on the open. She went to lie down a bit further away, only a few meters from the den. She went to lie down for if her pups wanted some food or comfort. For now she let them explore between her and the den.

Thyme eagerly pounded on his big brother, eager to play. He wasn't too bothered what was around them. Their mama was close so he felt really safe. There was much more room to play! He sank his teeth into Turmeric plush fur, just a nip, trying to wrestle him down playfully. Though as he did, he felt that someone was missing. He looked up and found his sister a bit further away. His attention was on her now and he yipped for her to come to them, that they and mama were right here!