It was just another morning and another chance to scare the darkness off with the sun as her partner. The game she played on the mornings she got up earlier then the rest was a little childish, but still she ran towards the horizon to watch the sun rise and shoo the shadows away. Of course as she grew she was quieter about it, none of the screaming and laughing that she had indulged in not long ago. But she was growing and growing, and it began to seem silly to partake in such childish game. They were her favorite though, making them hard to let go.
With the gloom of night fading she felt confident in the sun’s place in the sky and turned to head back to the mansion. Large round paws filled the prints that indented the snow’s surface, likely made by some adult wolf. It took her a moment to realize that her own toes fit perfectly in the curves. With the idea fresh in her mind she turned her walk into a run, making fresh prints of her own. Forgetting that things were changing so drastically, Mati ran until the house was in view, slowing only when the fence was behind her.
Huffing a little she slowed to a walk before taking to the steps. The sight of the grown male sitting on the stoop startled her. Oh, hi. she blurted, hoping that he hadn’t noticed her outburst a nervous smile graced her face. Her breath back to its easy pace and Mati was able to focus the attention on something else. You read? The book on his lap made it a rhetorical question, though she had been caught looking at the unrecognizable words, and the few images that frequented the books she was used to. Maybe he just liked the pictures.
[/html]