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Twilight’s first stars were shining over the canopy when he found the place where the hyenas’ path and the leopard’s had first crossed: a gnarled and mighty tree draped in creepers so thick that it was almost walled off like a cave. Cautiously he put his head through, then followed with the rest of his body. The largest branch swept downward until it rested on the ground, and Notch used it as a ramp to reach a little crevice that his nose was telling him to investigate.

Nestled in the cradle formed at the heart of the tree was a single female cub. Her eyes were no more than slits, but when Notch tentatively touched his nose to the muted spots of her soft coat, the cub stirred and let out a plaintive mew.

“Hush, little one,” Notch whispered. “You’ll come to no harm. There’s someone who needs you, as much as you need us.” With utmost tenderness, he lifted the leopard kitten by the nape of her neck, and set off with her for home.

Description

Part 1 ~*~ Part 2 ~*~ Part 4

Twilight’s first stars were shining over the canopy when he found the place where the hyenas’ path and the leopard’s had first crossed: a gnarled and mighty tree draped in creepers so thick that it was almost walled off like a cave. Cautiously he put his head through, then followed with the rest of his body. The largest branch swept downward until it rested on the ground, and Notch used it as a ramp to reach a little crevice that his nose was telling him to investigate.

Nestled in the cradle formed at the heart of the tree was a single female cub. Her eyes were no more than slits, but when Notch tentatively touched his nose to the muted spots of her soft coat, the cub stirred and let out a plaintive mew.

“Hush, little one,” Notch whispered. “You’ll come to no harm. There’s someone who needs you, as much as you need us.” With utmost tenderness, he lifted the leopard kitten by the nape of her neck, and set off with her for home.