Returning Shepherd

Tawny Wagner · 08-30-2011, 10:02 AM

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Am I evil? C:< xD

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Tawny grinned as she watched Saul pet her new friend, sliding his large hand through her fluffy fur with a look of awe upon his features. When he began to speak, she nodded and leaned on the llama, which didn’t even blink or shift when the wolf’s weight was applied. Her hand reached out and plucked the little tuft of fur out of his hand, twirling it around in between her fingers while she thought. A few ideas passed through her mind and she frowned, looking up at the man again. “Th-these are winter coats…from l-last winter. Should we cut them off?”

Another few minutes of thinking, even without Saul’s reply and she was nodding to herself. Yes, they needed to sheer the llamas so they’d be able to grow new winter coats. The clippings would go into some sorts of projects for Tawny to focus on. In reality, between all five of the big animals, they’d probably have twenty pounds of fur lying around in the end. Her hands trailed through Lala’s thick coat for a few more moments, detangling and brushing away more dirt and pieces of grass. “I should c-clean them f-irst.” No longer was she asking for permission from Saul, but simply stating a fact to herself, mumbling her thoughts aloud.

Grabbing Saul’s hand, she wrapped his arm around the llama’s neck, pressing his fingers into her fur. “You just hold, she won’t move.” It was true. The moment his arm went around the female’s body, she relaxed and just stood there, looking around the barn yard with bored interest, not trying to move towards the grass even. Tawny dashed into the barn and began rummaging around until she found more horse brushes and a bucket. As she was walking back to Saul, her eyes spied a small horse halter and lead rope type thing. Grabbing it as well, she went out and fitted it to Lala’s head. The little llama made noises of discomfort at having her head messed with, and even went as far as to stomp, but she never put up a fight.

Pleased with the outcome, Tawny led the llama over to the fence and tied her up loosely. She handed Saul one thickly bristled brush and one that was less bristled and more for detangling longer hair. “If you brush, I’ll go get water…a few buckets.” She smiled and grabbed the bucket before taking off towards one of the streams. It was relatively easy work, getting a few bucket full’s of water and filling first the llama’s little water trough, and then pouring the water over Lala’s fur once it was all brushed out. Her fingers scrubbed through the wet hair, rumbling happily when the dirty and dead hairs began to fall loose to the ground. After that she just sat back and watched as the llama’s hair dried at a rapid pace, amazed at how fast it sprang back into a fluffy state from looking like a drowned rat.

Saul’s voice caused her to look up again and turn towards the pinned animals, staring right at Rama. Tilting her head, she took in a deep breath, wondering what Saul was talking about. “P-pregnant?” She wracked her brain for the word for a few moments, finally remembering that it made females get fat for a while before they spit out puppies. Frowning, she shook her head and shrugged, turning back to the male. “I don’t know…maybe?” Her eyes narrowed in concentration before she slumped back against the fence, pouting at her utter lack of knowledge. Untying Lala from the post, she slipped the halter off and allowed the female to go back into the pen with the others. Looking back at Saul, she got a little closer and sat down, “What does it mean? How…how d-does pregn-nant happen?”

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