Chaper Two - Cat

Elise and Malcome

By CATE BARKER

“Kits, we are going to hunt, so stay here and don’t leave, we will be right back.”

The fellow kits mewed a yes as their parents trotted into the forest.

Elise turned to Malcome, “Are you sure it is safe to leave the kits in our den by themselves?’

“It’s fine. They are old enough to keep themselves safe. Plus, I told them to stay there,” Malcolme replied.

“If you say so,” Elise purred.

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​Most of the time spent in the woods was more walking than hunting. 

Sure, mice and squirrels jumped out here and there, but they could not catch them.

“Shall we return home?’ Elise said to Malcome in an exasperated voice from all that chasing.

“Why not?” Malcolme replied disappointedly.

As they were walking back, a wolf jumped in their way!

The wolf snared and growled and Malcome could tell he was angry. The wolf pounced, and they dodged and ran. They jumped over bushes, and ducked under vines.

Every now and then the wolf pounced, and with every time, they dodged.

The luck couldn’t last, because soon Malcome got tangled in a vine with Elise watching.

The wolf circled around Malcome. He was cornered. Elise jumped on his leg, but the wolf pushed her away.

“Run!” Malcolme yelled.

“I can’t leave without you!” she called back.

“Go!”

Elise raced away as fast as she could go. She got away.

With her gone, the wolf pounced. Malcolme scratched his eyes. The wolf yelped.

Being temporarily blinded, Malcolme chose this as his chance to run.

He tore through the vines, and ran off.

He sprinted so fast he couldn’t see the rock that scratched his ankle and gave him a scar.

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