.... d.. r ..y

....t..i.r..e..d

w-w...e...a....k..

Can't move, belly hurts so.

Other kin chase me into hole into burrow.

Large hyena with shaggy manes, they kill hyena without manes.....w...h.y.

*gasp*

Mother!!!!! where...a..r.e...y..o..u...?!?

I trapped in dark hole.....

alone....

kin gone....mother gone... father gone.....

no one left.....

l..a...y.... s.. t...i..l...l.....

*sniff*

why?.....why?

*whine whine whiiiinnne*

s..o..m..e..t..h..i..n..g..wet...d..r.i..p..p..i..n..g on h..e..a....d...

Water! Water on head!! Water from great blue above fall and find me. Even here in dark burrow.

Once was warm place, happy place now trapped with dead.....

Water falling quicker now..feels good but..... scared.... Water all around paws. Water on me ....fill burrow fast. Mother... mother free me... *whine whine whine*

Rain water get high fast - drown me- drown me! no!

*scrabble scrabble scrabble*

dig at earth with dry claws, splinter and shred on hard burrow. Water at neck-no! dont want drown, no!

I hear something else-- patter of feet above me! good kin or bad? hide in burrow.

Burrow drown me. must hide hide hide *whine whiiine whiiiiiiiine whhhhhhhhoooooooooooppp* *whoop whoop whoop whoop* dont want to drown or be scared *gurgle*

waterrushinonmecantbreath- cant breath

cantthinkcant -- die! NO! WHOOP! WHOOOOOP! WHOOOP!