Wet I thought as rain trickled down my body dripping slowly onto the concrete side walk. Cold, I thought wishing I had one of those things that the humans had, that they held over there heads, I wanted one and I would get one one day. I had been traveling for two days now, I dont know where I started, but I hear the humans say 'Indiana' so that must be where I am now. It was cold, and raining and dark though the light in the buildings around me where still on so the humans must still be awake. But I hate humans I reminded myself, Mine abandoned me and I will never love one again.

I escaped the terrible place called city, full of lights and moving boxes with wheels that ran over anything in its path. I never had a name, but I call myself Lost, lost in this world forever. I had made it away from that terrible place but I didn't make it home yet. Where is home? I wondered stopping in my tracks. I was int he woods now Minnesota I think, thats where I came from thats where I lived when I was little I hope. All I want to do is get home, get home and be able to live happy again. I kept walking for about an hour, thinking about what home would look like, I closed my eyes and ignored everything else, still walking forward, north. I heard something and opend my eyes stopping looking behind me before in front, I was standing on concrete again but it was rougher harder and terrible on my paws I saw trees behind me. The sound I heard was like those boxes those terrible moving boxes. I looked to my right and saw a black one coming my way. I started to panic and so I ran as fast as I could across the path, looking back to see if the box would have smashed me, it kept going faster and faster. Savage, I thought. How savage is this world?

It was getting dark, I should find a log to stay under, to stay warm. The leaves were turning bright orange and red, they were falling off of the trees gracefully it was all peacful maybe I should just live here in the buteful bright colours and never leave. I blended in well, all but my black and while tail and stomach. My stomach growled as I remembered I have not eaten in about a day and a half. I looked around for a squirrel, or a rabbit. But nothing, The humans threw food at me in that thing they called 'park' they either liked me, or hated me but I could try to get food from one. Theres no humans around I reminded myself. Nothing, nobody but me.

I opened my eyes it was still dark but getting brighter, I was under a pile of leaves. I must have burrowed myself I thought. I remember eating some berries before I burrowed myself, and that was it. I continued on right away going back to the strange bush I found sucking a berries into my mouth, the berries were extremly high almost to high for me to reach. The bush has bright red soft berries with tiny seeds, they were shaped like cones with a hole in the middle, they were amazingly sweet and squishy, they were juicy to wich helped with my thirst. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever find my way out of this forest. I started heading north after eating those berries which were more east then I wanted to be. Will I ever find my way away? I asked myself again. I dont think i'll ever find an awnser. But I hope I will, I hope I will soon.

Two days later.


Its the middle of the day I was walking more north-east now, was home north? I shook my head and looked up. I will find home one day. I sniffed around smelling something strange, I stopped sniffing some more, straight up. Smoke! Its smoke! That could be bad or good. And if there are humans there could be food, meat. I can and have gotten away from forest fires before, I have to figure it out. I sniffed my way to the smoke, it was a completely horrid smell, but it didn't smile like much fire, just a small one that humans make to cook there meat over. When I was close enough I could see the smoke I stopped sniffing taking shorter breaths trying not to take too much of the smoke in. I crouched down and slowed down when I got close. I peaked threw a few trees so I could see if there were humans or not. There was two of the larger ones and three pups. Two of them where hiding behind a tree and one of them was looking around for the other. The two larger ones where sitting by the fire feeding it wood and it got bigger every time they fed it. It was larger then me at this point, though I was skinny of about a week of traveling, a week. A week since my owner kicked me out. A week since my owner told me I was terribole though I did nothing, maybe I did, I dont know. I shook my head and looked over at the humans again, one of the pups, the smallest one got found and that largest pup was trying not to laugh. The larger ones went inside there large box, but this one wasn't moving. I had to be cautious anyways though. The large humans were carrying long meat, I could smell it. I had to get to it before they cooked it though. But how?




⊂Chapter three⊃