animals that tried to sneak in to steal from under the Two-Legs’ noses, Redback simply walked up to the corn as if she had every right to do so and began to furiously devour it. The Two-Legs just stood there at first, dumbstruck, at a complete loss as to how to deal with this new arrival. Having said that, they couldn’t simply watch in silence as Redback ransacked their stores, so eventually one of them plucked up the courage to swing her stick at Redback’s rear. At this point it would have been easy for Redback to take a lazy swipe with one of her massive paws and rip through the offending Two-Legs’ flesh and bone, but instead Redback chose to make a show of standing erect on her hind legs and facing her attackers, as if to show once and for all that this was her territory, not the Two-Legs’, and that she would take down any interlopers face to face, anytime, anyplace. Then, Redback decided it was time for a little experiment. She gave one of the Two-Legs a little exploratory jab, fully expecting the counterblow of the painful sticks and bracing herself for the pain. It never came. Instead, the Two-Legs’ head just flew off into the air, and blood spurted from the place where its head had been attached to its body. The remaining Two-Legs were rooted to the spot in fear, but in her own way Redback was even more fearful and confused than they were. She tried poking at another one of the Two-Legs with her claws. Its belly ruptured and its innards poured forth as it crumpled into a heap on the ground. Redback really wasn’t sure what to make of this complete lack of resistance, so she charged at one of the two remaining Two-Legs, slamming her into—and then through—the wall of one of the dens, as both the Two-Legs’ body and the wall were pulverized. Redback’s face poked through the wall too, and she had been a little slow in removing it to face the final Two-Legs, and when Redback finally did look back she realized that the creature was aiming its stick at her, ready to stick it in her anus. Redback was vulnerable there, she knew, so she shifted her rear end, and the Two-Legs’ stick bounced off her hind leg instead, snapping instantly. Redback jumped onto the Two-Legs, shoving it to the ground with her massive front paws and then, not really knowing what else to do, decided to take a big bite out of its head. Redback’s giant jaws and fangs made light work of the creature’s skull. The Two-Legs gave a short scream from inside Redback’s mouth and then was silent. Its flesh and blood and brains splattered viscerally onto Redback’s tongue.
That instant, Redback’s instincts and experience informed it of two facts.
The first was how weak these Two-Legs were.
The second was how delicious these Two-Legs were.
After finishing off the head, Redback moved on to the flesh on the Two-Legs’ body. It had been a long time since she had felt the exhilarating taste of fresh meat, but Redback managed to contain her excitement long enough to raise her head and look around to check that no other Two-Legs were drawing dangerously near. Her mouth half open and dribbling with fresh blood, she sniffed, confirming to herself that nothing was coming and, even better, that there was more food nearby. That new smell came from inside the den that she had crushed the Two-Legs against. Redback deftly used her claws to enlarge the hole she had made with her charge, and then she forced her giant frame inside. There she found dried fish, beans, and grains. Redback ate and ate to subdue the hunger that had been driving her half mad. Once her belly was finally full, she went back outside, selected the Two-Legs that looked like it had the most eating on it, and picked it up in her giant mouth before sauntering back into the Mountain, satiated and proud once more, having eaten her deserved fill and restored her honor as the rightful master of all she surveyed.
“W e will now form an expeditionary squad to kill the bear.”
Mei
That instant, Redback’s instincts and experience informed it of two facts.
The first was how weak these Two-Legs were.
The second was how delicious these Two-Legs were.
After finishing off the head, Redback moved on to the flesh on the Two-Legs’ body. It had been a long time since she had felt the exhilarating taste of fresh meat, but Redback managed to contain her excitement long enough to raise her head and look around to check that no other Two-Legs were drawing dangerously near. Her mouth half open and dribbling with fresh blood, she sniffed, confirming to herself that nothing was coming and, even better, that there was more food nearby. That new smell came from inside the den that she had crushed the Two-Legs against. Redback deftly used her claws to enlarge the hole she had made with her charge, and then she forced her giant frame inside. There she found dried fish, beans, and grains. Redback ate and ate to subdue the hunger that had been driving her half mad. Once her belly was finally full, she went back outside, selected the Two-Legs that looked like it had the most eating on it, and picked it up in her giant mouth before sauntering back into the Mountain, satiated and proud once more, having eaten her deserved fill and restored her honor as the rightful master of all she surveyed.
“W e will now form an expeditionary squad to kill the bear.”
Mei
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