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piosenniel · 01-04-2004, 04:16 PM

Pio’s post – Kari

‘Shh! I think I hear something.’

Kari spoke quietly and motioned for the group to gather round her, hooding her lantern as soon as the children had huddled near her. The night was quiet, a few crickets had been chirping. Something had alerted them, though, and now the darkness hung about the children in heavy silence.

‘I don’t hear anything,’ whispered Fippi, straining his ears to hear. A chorus of ‘Me eithers’ went round the group – from Pearl to Hamson to Edmund to Kali to the twins, Rollo and Randy, who stood close together holding hands (big as they were, the dark still scared them.) Little Lily huddled in against Kari, holding her hand.

‘It must just have been the wind in the dried leaves,’ said Kari, a little louder. She lifted the hood of the lantern and focused a small beam of light out before them. Readjusting the small pack on her shoulders she led them north along the western edge of Bree Hill. She and Kali knew that there were shallow caves in the face of the hill up there. The coneys would be safe and dry and hidden from prying eyes – they could even make a little pen for them for when the children visited them.

She worried about what the animals would eat. Kali had brought two little carrots, and she had a small bag of oats she’d ‘borrowed’ from the mill. It wouldn’t keep them long. ‘Oh, I am going to be in such trouble when my Da finds out about all this!’ she thought to herself. She looked back to where Edmund and Kali now pulled the little cart that Pearl and Hamson had brought. She could hear the coneys that Edmund had brought moving about a bit as the cart hit little bumps in the ground. ‘It will be worth it to keep the little bunnies alive,’ she thought again, hearing him speak quietly to the animals to calm them.

Kari fingered the little knife in the sheath at her belt. Once the sun peeped up enough for them to see better, they could look for edible weeds and grasses in the forest. It was only a short distance from the caves; they could stuff her pack with it and leave it for the coneys.

Then hopefully they could sneak back to town before their families were up and about . . .

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:58 PM January 09, 2004: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

01-04-2004, 04:16 PM	#211
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Pio’s post – Kari ‘Shh! I think I hear something.’ Kari spoke quietly and motioned for the group to gather round her, hooding her lantern as soon as the children had huddled near her. The night was quiet, a few crickets had been chirping. Something had alerted them, though, and now the darkness hung about the children in heavy silence. ‘I don’t hear anything,’ whispered Fippi, straining his ears to hear. A chorus of ‘Me eithers’ went round the group – from Pearl to Hamson to Edmund to Kali to the twins, Rollo and Randy, who stood close together holding hands (big as they were, the dark still scared them.) Little Lily huddled in against Kari, holding her hand. ‘It must just have been the wind in the dried leaves,’ said Kari, a little louder. She lifted the hood of the lantern and focused a small beam of light out before them. Readjusting the small pack on her shoulders she led them north along the western edge of Bree Hill. She and Kali knew that there were shallow caves in the face of the hill up there. The coneys would be safe and dry and hidden from prying eyes – they could even make a little pen for them for when the children visited them. She worried about what the animals would eat. Kali had brought two little carrots, and she had a small bag of oats she’d ‘borrowed’ from the mill. It wouldn’t keep them long. ‘Oh, I am going to be in such trouble when my Da finds out about all this!’ she thought to herself. She looked back to where Edmund and Kali now pulled the little cart that Pearl and Hamson had brought. She could hear the coneys that Edmund had brought moving about a bit as the cart hit little bumps in the ground. ‘It will be worth it to keep the little bunnies alive,’ she thought again, hearing him speak quietly to the animals to calm them. Kari fingered the little knife in the sheath at her belt. Once the sun peeped up enough for them to see better, they could look for edible weeds and grasses in the forest. It was only a short distance from the caves; they could stuff her pack with it and leave it for the coneys. Then hopefully they could sneak back to town before their families were up and about . . . <font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:58 PM January 09, 2004: Message edited by: piosenniel ] __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.