May 042012
 

“Do we have everything?”

The kittens answered in the affirmative. It had been a tough decision to make, but Zoë had seen little other choice. They had to move. They had foraged all there was to eat in the immediate area and still there was no sign of Popkin or any other Mouse Wingers.

She wasn’t able to walk. Trip would have to carry her on his back. She was small enough that even Biki could carry her, but as the oldest, Trip had insisted that he be the one to carry her. It was a pride thing that she wasn’t inclined to argue with.

Despite everything she couldn’t imagine that they were that deep into the forest, about half a day’s travel at most. The problem was making sure that they were headed in the right direction. She didn’t have a compass and the canopy of trees made it difficult to get her bearings with her ‘scope.

Fortunately she had some basic survival training. “Moss grows thicker on the north side of a tree.” She explained to the kittens. “We just keep going left of the moss.”

It had been enough for the kittens. They were happy to be moving.

“Remember, keep in sight at all times. No wandering off on your own.”

“We won’t wander off,” the kittens promised. As with Popkin, it never hurt to repeat instructions to children. They had a tendency to forget things.

“Alright. Let’s get moving then!” She slipped into the makeshift harness she’d helped the kittens build to carry her. Normally she’d have just hung on to Trip, but in her condition she wasn’t sure she could manage even that.

“Biki, Greggy, go a little ways ahead and look for trees with moss. The rest of you, stay with Trip and me.”

The trek was on!

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