The Finding

It was summer in the valley and food was scarce. Fern was told to go and try to find prey with two other pack mates, Reed and Peppermint. They decided to split up. Peppermint said, “what if a bear comes along and eats me?!” “A bear won’t eat you Peppermint, so calm down.” Fern said in an annoyed voice. “It’s possible,” Reed said. Fern gave Reed an annoyed glance as Peppermint snickered. Finally, the group split up. As Fern was sniffing the ground for any signs of deer, Peppermint came screaming out from the south part of the woods. He ran right into Fern as he was screaming. They both fell to the ground. Fern landed on her side and Peppermint did a full barrel roll. “What the heck were you doing?”, Fern said in an angry voice. Peppermint was too out of breath to speak. “Th.. th.. the…” he said, in an out of breath voice. “Alright, just spit it out!” Fern said in a calmer tone of voice. “Something rustled in the grass and it spooked me!” Peppermint said in a relieved voice. “I’ll go investigate this ‘thing in the grass’ ” Fern said skeptically. When she got to a clearing, Fern looked around in the grass. As, Fern walked around, something touched her paw. Fern looked down. She couldn’t believe her eyes. . .