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Chapter 18: The Voice of Uncertainty
The morning revealed a vastly different scenery with abundant light filtering through the branches of the trees in glowing rays. The forest was no longer silent and she watched with humor as a family of rabbits hopped across the pine needles stopping occasionally to munch on leafy morsels that sprung up through the mulch. Birds seemed to dance from branch to branch across the trees as she stretched and shook the debris from her fur.
With this much prey roaming so near, catching breakfast would be easy, but what would happen when she did? If the forest was alive and vengeful, would it attack her? Her stomach rumbled as the image of eating one of the fat, juicy rabbits filled her thoughts. She decided it was worth the risk to find out.
She watched the rabbits a few more minutes, until they seemed totally oblivious to her movement. Then she crouched down and crawled on her belly to get closer to the rabbits. They continued t
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