Arrow Lake you can go the distance

The boy panted and paced around the discarded tree limb. His heart raced from all the effort dragging the object had entailed, and he could have used a rest, but he didn't stop until the sound of his mother's voice penetrated the air. A fresh eruption of energy burst from him, and he closed the distance with an awkward lurch; except, as he neared Takiyok, he suddenly stopped with a stomp of his forepaws, and then doubled-back to grab the branch again. With a few tests of his teeth he got a good hold upon it, and then dragged it down the stone escarpment towards her. He huffed and puffed around the branch as he deposited it next to her, then collapsed against her and murred a soft note at the back of his throat --- look! look what I did!