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It was both exciting and thrilling, watching what had now become his student take his advice and scurry around like an expert. That was just it- she did move like an expert. Terra was obviously alert, and fresh, and young. She didn't waste time and held intelligence in her eyes. However, Frodo could see she just lacked the basic confidence, tactics, and practice. Practice made perfect- if you went your life thinking you couldn't do something and then never did it, it would turn out to be true. At least he had nipped this thought in the bud for her, though. Maybe around his own age, she still had lots of time on her paws to be able to learn. Mr Silvertongue was a steady believer of the saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks". In fact, the titan believed in everything and anything, unless it was proven otherwise. He was a glass-half-full kind of guy.
His intense pools watched with eagerness and a wagging tail accomponied him, the wolf watching Terra do what he had said; approach from the behind and then move in for the kill. But she'd hesitated, and the hunting was over just as soon as it had begun. When Terra came back to Frodo, looking beaten and melancholy, the aniwayan lad only grinned, not in sympathy or in pity, but in the firm belief she could do it. If she could see he believed in her, she'd take the next step forward and believe in herself. That was good. Not every mucker get's it first time round. Learn from your mistakes, cap'n. Every cloud 'assa silver linin' and all that. Frodo flashed her a lopsided, wolfish smile, and then straightened up, beckoning her to come back further into the trees. For a while he sat in silence, waiting for the rabbits to emerge from their hideouts again. Now, your problemo was that lil' hesitation back there. If you feel the critters are gonna bolt before you're ready to chase, DO NOT chase. Let them run and then come back 'gain. Only take the chase when you're ready, don't force yourself. And number one tippy; believe in yourself, girl! Wish upon a star and grab your chances, yeah?! Now lets take two! the wolf flickered his eyes to the right as rabbits slowly emerged again. Their problem was they lacked basic intelligence; rabbits were fast, but intelligence beat everything in the fight for survival. The wolf gestured for Terra to try again. From here onwards, it was a simple game of trial and error.
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