Life had been so simple so far. She had not strayed too far from the home den, nor wandered too far from her mother. The days had been filled with play and exploration for her siblings and tussles that had scratches, nips, bumps, bruises, and stronger bonds between herself and her brothers and sister. As they grew bigger and the seasons changed, she started to go further and further from the mouth of the den, exploring where her nose took her. It excited her to pound around in the sand and roll with her siblings. She often made sure to get extra dirty to come home and shake it all off onto her mother.
As close to her siblings as she was, when her sister wandered off and later to the beach, Inanna happily followed, pink tongue hanging out of her white jaws. The silence that followed the other puppy was one she had become accustomed to and never really seemed to mind. Words were not always needed when one was paying attention. At first she watched Sif try to paw through the harder ground, and then followed her onto the softer beach. Happy as could be she followed, her tail wagging eagerly to see what her sister had in store. When Sif used the stick to draw into the dry sands, Inanna yipped happily and danced around the silent speaker. She was careful to keep away from the drawing, knowing they would be important. With a puppy grin she stopped her excited movements and sat next to Sif, ready to listen to the story, or be an active participant in the telling of it, if the speaker needed an actor.
Inanna
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