by Zoophilos » 08/25/2010 11:28 PM
As the three (four?) reached an area where several trees grew, they met Whitney walking up the path, leading Glow. Radar pranced about alongside Glow. Whitney was wet, and her clother were splattered with dirt and mud.
"What happened?" Jared asked.
"I tried to get her to jump over a little creek out in the woods," she gestured backwards where the trees grew thicker and more numerous. "Instead of jumping, she plunged into it, and I guess the water freaked her out, because she stopped short and got out of the creek as fast as she could! I fell off in the process."
"Into the water?" Therese asked.
"Yep." Glow looked a little concerned and sheepish.
"Guess I got carried away, and asked her for more than she was ready for."
After Glow and Whitney's minor accident, they decided to give Glow a break and set her loose in the pasture, so she could graze and enjoy the grass. Therese, Jared, Jason, and Whitney took a long walk through the park, trying to find out what all it held. They never found the full extent of it. They traveled past large ponds, fountains, courts and fields for various sports, more playgrounds, and long stretches of country with only trails, evidently meant for hiking. By the time they got back, even Jared was ready for a nap.
"I had no idea this park was so large," Therese said, as they walked back to the picnic tables.
"Seems more like a small country than a park!" Jason added.
"And we can come here anytime!" Jared finished. "Right now, though, I'm ready to take a nap in one of those hammocks we saw. Anyone want to join me?"
"I would prefer to sit down and read," Jason said with a glance at his mother.
"I have to check on Jilli," Therese said. Jilli (pronounced 'Jilly') was the baby, about 4 months old; she had been left in Audrey's care. Her name was actually Jillian, but her family liked to call her Jilli.
Therese, ever the busy, loving mother, went off to find Audrey, and Jared in another direction for his nap. Radar followed him, seeming to have finally run out of energy. So Jason got to lie around reading his book after all. He went back to the same tree and settled himself under it again. Ralphy, pleased to have a chance to stretch his own limbs, began scrabbling up the tree.
By late afternoon, Therese had joined Jared in the hammock, having returned Jilli to Audrey's care again! Jason had fallen asleep under his tree, worn out by the long walk. Ralphy, having not had to do the walking for himself, felt energetic, and had been busying himself with climbing for some time. He found himself to be quite adept at it. Ralphy like the view he got when high off the ground, and his little claws clung to the cracks and small rugosities in the tree bark so well. This could be habit-forming.
Eric had eventually grown tired of the playground, (though that took quite a while), and was walking around checking out the various sport fields. He wasn't very good at most sports, being woefully unco-ordinated, but he still often enjoyed playing them. Aaron went with him, as did Radar; a brief nap sharing the hammock with Jared seemed to fully restore his energy. The two younger children had remained at the playground; they weren't tired of it just yet. Glow was thoroughly enjoying her own free time, not only grazing in the warm sunlight on juicy grass, but also taking a roll in exposed dirt, getting to know the other Cavallions, Penticorns, and Tuskows in the park, and generally doing horsey things. She had never had a day quite like this before.
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