Pile Of Bones

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Pile Of Bones 

As we topped the hill on a recent adventure a gentle breeze blew in our faces . It carried the scents of dried weeds and dirt … what I smelled anyways .  It also carried a scent that only Shy could Smell , it must have been pretty  interesting to her cause she stuck her nose in the air sniffin as she tried to lock on to the exact location of where the scent was coming  from . Her lips were puffin out as usual working like and extra air sucking device. It only took a few high powered sniffs to hone in on her objective. She took off down the ridge toward a group of cedars that had grown in a draw . Shy had a serious look to her , like the one she gets when she’s got to help or protect .. I yelled what’s up girl ? Then said “protect !”  She paused then did a scan of the area for danger then made her way down the grassy rock covered slope , her big bushy tail was at full mast swinging counterbalanceing   moves as she navigated thru the steep terrain. I took off down the hill after her watching cautiously for  any signs of coyotes or lions . I caught up with her at the edge of the cedars .

We both stood looking into the pocket of trees , deeper in I could see a semicircular ring of sandstone about 2 feet high that looked like steps to nowhere. Above it hung a dead cedar it’s twisted gray branches reached out like a hand beckoning us to come in further . … Shy girl I said . this is the perfect spot for an ambushing lion …” scan protect ” .. ok let’s check it out I said

Shy put her nose down and stared her nostril processing .. After a bit I said “You find anything girl ? Not much over hear just rocks and sticks ” ..  I looked at Shy she was about twenty feet away from me She was standing over something with her head pointing off in the tree’s like she was ready to fight . Ok what is it ? .. I put my hand on my shooter .. then started Indian sneaking my way down towards her expecting to get jumped by a lion . ( because it has happened before )  Ducking branches I got next to Shy , on the ground in front of her was a bleached out skeleton of a small deer the the spine was still inline with the skull but the ribs and other bones were  scattered around the area .

Shy girl its alright there’s no danger , she gave the bones a gentle sniffing as if she was checking one of her fallin charges for the last time .. Shy it looks like this young one found this little pocket to surender it’s soul  I explained .

 By the looks of the skull lying on its side and the spine stretched out slightly to the left , i would say its final breath was takin in pain . Shy looks at me then lies down next to the bones . I set next to her my hand on her back thinking how it must of been ,  lying here in fear not knowing what to do as what ever was stalking you was about to show its self .

A moment passed , and I said ” come-on.. let’s go ! ” we stood an stared off down the hillside to investigate the red falls below us …

and then