Chapter 3 The Cabin

I woke up from the dream of Moge, Salka, and Gart. I had woken up on a rock beach. My legs and head were facing the river. I hurt. After the fall I had hit the water and passed out. That's when I dreamed of my brothers and sister. I had heard a sound when I woke up. It was a noisy animal walking.

As it got closer it slowed. It was probably trying to see if I was alive or not. I was soaked, cold and barely breathing. I must have looked dead. After the creature got close enough I tried to turn my head to look at it. The walking stopped. Then with a fury the animal ran away. The noisiness reminded me of something that seemed far away.

After what seemed like forever the animal came back but with more of them. They stopped a little farther away. Then after awhile they walked away again using hushed voices. Then after awhile they were coming back. They got closer. I tried to move but I was so stiff that I couldn't. The sound of their steps stopped right behind me.

Then all of a sudden my muzzle was grabbed by a . . . . human hand! Then I felt other hands surround my body putting some sort of cloth on it. The cloth was very warm and relaxing. Then the hands picked me up and carried me. We headed toward a box that was huge and made out of trees.

The hands carried me inside the box(which I would learn was a cabin) They set me down on a some sort of soft thing. It was about one foot in the air. Then I saw four humans walking. They were talking to each other. The hands that held my muzzle shut were soft and not trying to hurt me. The humans that were talking looked flustered and upset.

"Poor thing" said a young male.

An older male said, "What should we do Dad"

An even older male said, "The rangers said after we brought it in we should try to get it warm.

A female said, "I'll go get some blankets, Sammy"

The hand around my muzzle loosened a little then went back to order. A voice above me said, "Yes Mom"

"You should just stay there and make sure he doesn't try to bite you"

"OK, what are John and Ben going to do"

Dad said, "They are going to get some meat and some water for it"

"OK Daddy"

Then all the humans except Sammy ran off to do what they were told. Then Mom returned first. She layed a soft cloth on me. It was really warm. I almost fell asleep but I checked myself and stayed awake. Then the two boys walked in.

"John give it the water, and Ben you give it the meat but in small bits or it will make it sick"

The younger boy (who's name must be John) knelt before me and held out a dish with water in it. The hand holding my mouth shut let go. I looked at all the humans even the younger female that came into my view. I cautiously took a drink of water.

Then after the bowl was taken away. Another boy (Ben) sat down and took up a human bite size of meat and held it on his palm. I looked at the meat.

When was the last time I ate. I so hungry I'm not hungry anymore.

I reached forward and took the piece of meat. It was delicious deer meat. It made my stomach growl and It awoke my hunger. The boy held out another piece of meat. I prevented myself from just lunging forward and taking the meat. I was still cautious. I took the meat. One piece at a time till there was no more.

Then I felt very sleepy. I closed my eyes and tried my best to get comfortable. Then very slowly I fell asleep.