It wasn’t impossible, but it was difficult for even an adult wolf to corner a hare in this environment. It was best in these cases to get a good ambush, get it before it could even run a way. However, what made it harder was trying not to make sound on the leaf litter of the forest or snag your body on brush. There was a trick to everything though, ways to be silent but not be silent. He would learn in due time. It was clear he didn’t have that yet. She watched him start creeping forward but the moment the twig snapped and put the rabbit on alert she knew it was over. It’s muscles were already coiled and ready to move the moment it made out that singular noise, and it wasn’t going to face it cause it wanted to run in the opposite direction. Though Kajika certainly had the basics down, and was probably better than many children of the forest that were not raised by herself or his own father, he still had a lot to learn. That was why she was here though, to teach him and give him a further leg up on those younger than him.

Soon the chase was on, she didn’t move after them until they were racing through the forest away from her and she was following. SHe wasn’t going to interfere just so he had a successful hunt. She was learning about him, his skills, what he was and wasn’t good at. He was so small though, the rabbit was already slightly over half his size with as tiny as he was and with his age. Someday that would change and even if he was small it would make him better than even she was at keeping silent. She just needed to teach him a few more tricks to make him a perfect stalker. However, despite his small size he was able to keep up, even nearly grabbing the leg of the prey before the cottontail got into its bolt hole.

It was over though.

She padded up to him, and he her, looking so crestfallen and she shook her head at him, smiling looking fairly pleased with what he had done. Even adults lost rabbits, he did well and shouldn’t be disappointed especially with tackling one with so much experience behind it. She motioned to him then to follow, going back to the clearing and brush where she had originally found him and stopped close to the same point. She poked him lightly with her paw then looked up at the tree tops, the wind was blowing lightly, barely shaking the leaves even at the canopy at the moment at least. Heading east, off and over the mountain that was close to them. Though down here it wasn’t moving anything just yet. She was certain he knew the basics of staying downwind, even where there wasn’t a lot of wind. She placed herself at the center of the clearing, waiting for him to behind ‘hunting’ her next. What better prey than a wolf that was his teacher?