Just a Little Later With Eevo and Sim

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Henry Shykoff. Just a Little Later With Eevo and Sim

Just A Little Later With Eevo and Sim

Table of Contents

Prologue

List of Characters

OneThe Journey

TwoSandstorm

ThreeThe Rescue

FourLost and Found

FiveNot Welcome

SixSeer, The Elder

SevenFire Making

EightChanges

NineHyenas

TenWolves

ElevenCubs and More Cubs

TwelveA Stranger

ThirteenMaking Friends

FourteenA Challenge

FifteenFrom Fire to Plans

SixteenHunting Horses

SeventeenA Chance Discovery

EighteenTo The Great River

NineteenA Journey of Surprises

TwentyCrocodile: The Great One

Twenty-OneStrange Men

Twenty-Two Dealing With Difference

Twenty-ThreeA Reunion

Twenty-FourHeading Home

Glossary

About the Author

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Henry Shykoff

Illustrated by Marilyn Mets & Peter Ledwon

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The wolf lay completely relaxed, almost asleep. Its soft breathing in turn lulled her so that she too fell asleep. She remembered waking when Dedu made some noise on coming out of the cave. He found her with her head lying on the wolf's flank and her right arm flung over its body. The wolf's head, with one eye open watching him, was resting on her lap. Laughing, she had told Dedu and then the others that she had given each wolf a name. They all liked her choices. From that time on, the wolves were spoken to and called by name. Before long, they recognized and responded to their names.

Everything they could have done had been done. It should be an easy trip to the Wetlands Clan. Once the final farewells were said, they had left. The morning had dawned, a bright day, one with a crisp feel to the air and with leaves falling from the trees and littering the ground every time there was a gust of cold wind. They started toward the hills where Eevo and Sim had seen the fire that night they had planned to look for them, their parents. Five moons had passed and now they and their children were separated again. Eevo and Sim were on their own in a sandstorm. Their survival depended on their own ability, and on luck. She and Dedu could do no more than keep themselves alive and hope.

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