Heeding the song of the Chickadee...

"Peep-peep-chirp, peep-peep-chirp!" What's that?...Where am I ..."Sniff-sniff" the little red fox slowly opens his eye to survey his surroundings...where's that noise coming from he questioned...peep-peep-chirp!

Oh! a little chickadee above my head, silly bird he thought making all that noise...Wait a minute, you're warning everyone that I am here aren't you. And just as the little red fox was about to make his move to silence the chickadee, footsteps! Then came the mumbling sound he heard many times before, the little red foxes pulse quicken his hearing and sight sharpened, fur stood up on the back of his neck. Hunters! "Peep-Peep-Chirp!" the chickadee let out one last warning and then fluttered away to a safer distance.

Cursed white snow...thought the little red fox, cursed red fur...grrrr! This is not how I thought my day would start. Cursed hunters! Think...think...a-ha! they aren't that close yet that I can see them, so that must mean they can't see me...

Slowly the little red fox backed himself into the deep cover of the forest underbrush crouched down and waited...

Peep-peep-chirp! it was the chickadee again, perched on a branch across from him. Are you crazy?! thought the little red fox. Do you want to get me killed? Grrr! be quiet! urged the little red fox. But the chickadee would pay him no mind, and continued his song. Fine then sing if you must, but you and I will settle the score if I make it out of here alive, thought the little red fox...

The mumbling got louder now, and he could feel their steps in his chest. the crunching snow got louder, the little red foxes heart started pounding inside his head...focus...focus he assured himself, you've been here before there's no need to panic now you'll get through this , you always do, just stay calm...
Unknown "Side Spur" Bold - 16 years, 10 months, 8 days ago

Once upon a time,...
... there was a cuddly little red fox...the hunters chased him from town to brier trying to catch him, but the little red fox was just to smart for them. Till one night the little red fox came lurking around some trash-cans on a back porch for food..."flash!" on came the lights!
The poor little red fox was so scared ...surely my time has come thought the little red fox as he crouched down shaking and trembling with fear.

Slowly the screen door creaked open and a plate of food was slid across the step, almost bopping the little red fox on the noise; and just as soon the screen door slapped shut and the light went out.

"sniff-sniff"...it was so quiet now...the little red foxes heart started to beat regularly again, and he could hear the wind whistling through the pines.

"sniff-sniff" what was that on the plate? it smells delicious, and spicy...it might be poisoned thought the little red fox.

He crept around the house slowly looking in each window to see any signs of life, but there were none. Hurriedly he raced back to the plate that was offered to him, he felt the warmth coming of it, surely it wasn't poisoned.

Slowly the little red fox began to eat the food, soon the plate was empty and he nudged the plate with his nose back towards the door; and with a lick of his chops and a wink of his eye the little red fox left the strangers back step without saying goodbye.

the End...or is it?
Unknown "Side Spur" Bold - 16 years, 10 months, 10 days ago