10-21-2020, 08:20 PM
My heart pounds in my chest so loudly I fear it might betray my position, and I do what I can to stifle the sound of my rapid breathing. Having scampered away as quickly as I could, I now peer out at the dunskin colt and the ombre filly from beneath the protection of a large fern just off the path. The boy is looking for me, it seems, and he thinks I am a ghost! The thought of that is so delightful that I cannot help but laugh. And then I stifle it before it becomes much more than a single soft gasp and a huff of air. The girl says a word that makes my invisible brows raise with respect. That’s a word for serious conversations, my fathers have said, and I realize that perhaps I have truly frightened her.
The thought worries me back to visibility, though I remain mostly hidden behind the greenery.
The colt seems intent on finding me, even going so far as to hush the filly to sniff me out. He’ll find me soon, I know, and decide to make my entry.
Stepping out onto the forest path, I shake my pale mane away from my shoulders like I’ve been out for a leisurely stroll in the woods. I feign surprise at seeing them both and ask:
“What’re you guys doing here? Which one of you screamed just now?”
@[Nasrin]
The thought worries me back to visibility, though I remain mostly hidden behind the greenery.
The colt seems intent on finding me, even going so far as to hush the filly to sniff me out. He’ll find me soon, I know, and decide to make my entry.
Stepping out onto the forest path, I shake my pale mane away from my shoulders like I’ve been out for a leisurely stroll in the woods. I feign surprise at seeing them both and ask:
“What’re you guys doing here? Which one of you screamed just now?”
@[Nasrin]