A chance meeting
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Chapter one.
The raccoon shifted his position a bit while trying to remain unseen, it was not every day a wolf would trod through his part of the woods but here she was. Again. He had picked up her scent several times already and he was sure she took in his own too, but somehow he was not afraid of her.
A very uncommon feeling came over him as he watched her. Her body bore the marks of a litter not that long ago but she seemed to be alone, gathering food perhaps for her youngling.
He stared at her from the branches of his tree high up and concealed from vision as she turned over rocks and sniffed the ground. Suddenly she yelped out and began scratching the ground, digging hard as the dirt was swept up in a cloud. Moments later she reappeared with a dead rabbit in her maw, crunching the bones and quickly devouring the critter. It made him swallow back his doubt. After all she was now fed, even though it was a small meal for a wolf her size.
Quickly the racoon slid down the tree, letting the branches snap alerting the wolf to his presence.
Immediately she reacted, ears laid back and peering at his, her lips curled back ready to defend or attack should the situation call for it, but the raccoon rose to his hind paws, raising one paw in a greeting. "Hello" he chirped at her.
This took her by such a surprise that she fell back on her rump, her tail folded over her front paws and her jaw open.
"I see you just ate my neighbor, so I am pretty sure there is no more room for a racoon in your belly. And that is a good thing because I wanted to talk to you."
She barked another warning at him to stay back, "who are you?! Have you been following me?"
With a polite bow the racoon spread his arms, " they call me Ben, you can too if you like, I know a wolf needs to feed, especially when she has a pup .. "her neck fur rose at the mention of her little one. " I mean you no harm, in fact I came to help you. " he paused there letting the words sink in and she visibly relaxed but stayed on her guard.
"A raccoon helping a wolf? That would be the first, and how do you propose to help me? "
He gave a short snicker, "quite easily, I have seen you around, smelled you, you have the look and smell of a mother, and I suppose its for your little one that you gather the amount of food you do, but I also know that to hunt, you have to leave him unprotected, probably in a burrow or a cave. I want to offer you a safe haven. You your little one, and enough food to not only survive but become stronger and healthy, and I do not want anything in return... well maybe not eating any more of my neighbors. Think it over please. If you want to know more meet me here again. Ill know when you are around.. these are my woods after all. " with those words he left her, disappearing into the bushes again.