After the foxcoon left to change back into her human form, I went to see my sister. She was basically fast asleep. Now I didn’t feel so guilty after Seth talked to me. He made me laugh when I was homesick and scared before the others caught up to us. I sat down next to my big sister.
I began thinking about the story Mama told me about Harmony. “According to Legend, the Land of Harmony is an island surrounded in mist,” Mama said.
“And meateating fish? Like parahnas?” I asked.
“Possibly,” Mama said. “No one has ever found Harmony. Those who have said to never returned. Those who have returned were humans, though, a majority of them were killed from hardships. Animals never went there, knowing that it was a dangerous place.”
“Then what about those half breeds that go there?” asked Ana.
“Well, they say that the half breeds disappeared before a killing spree on the humans began,” answered Mama.
“Yuck!” Runo said, sticking her tounge out. “Why don’t you tell us a romantic story?”
“Bleh!” I made a disgusted face. “Romance is for girls with coodies!”
Runo stuck her tounge out at me. I did it back.
“Just because of that, you’re all going to bed without the story being finished!” Mama said harshly. “To sleep! To sleep!” The three of us complained but quickly shutted up once she gave us the scary eye that made her look like the monster that always lived under my bed.
I drifted to sleep before I knew it.
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-Kovu
