Fuzz
The small plump beaver hobbled on down the bayside. Staying near the water was needed and good, if an enemy comes up the water is there to rush into.
He carried little twigs and flopped.
Fun, fun, fun... he thought to himself.
His little 'flipper feet' were hardly any bigger than a good regular-sized rock. Though what he lacked in power, he made up for smarts.
His little brown body waded through the water. Cool, fresh... Reminding him of when he still lived at Pike's Lake. Maybe someday he would venture back to live there again.
He stopped and floated along, his little brown fluff rolling along like a plump of seaweed in the ocean. Though he was brown...
Enien, Gray Wave, & Little Wave
"...it's mine!" "Nuh-uh! It's mine!" "I saw it first!" Whistling, chirping voices drifted from beneath the waves, distorted by the water but just barely audible. A gleaminy, oily-black head came up from the water then. Two dark eyes with great white spots above them and a pearly white underjaw made the striking features of a young orca's face. A second orca, a bit younger than the first, bobbed her head up near the first. And then a third. They were all calves, but of course many times the size of the beaver.
"Hiya!" chirpped out one of the orcas, the largest of the three, "I'm Gray Wave. What are you?" They didn't stop to think that there much greater size might frighten the living daylights out of Fuzz.
Fuzz
The beaver was very small compared to the giant orcas. However, he need no fear. He flipped back into swimming take-off position, but didn't leave. He floated, tail wobbling under the water. His little flipper-like paws were just part that was keeping him afloat.
"I am a beaver. I am Fuzz."
He still floated, waiting for the reply.
Gray Wave, Little Wave, & Enien
"A beaver! I knew it! He's my creature!" Gray Wave shouted excitedly. The smallest orca gave him a shove, "You didn't know he was a beaver! You're lying!"
"Quite you two!" the second largest orca, a female, called out. "Don't shout so, we don't want to drive him away!" She looked to Fuzz, bringing her head in very close to his, "I'm Enien. It's very nice to meet you, Fuzz. We've never seen a beaver around here before." she gave the two brothers a sharp, accusing look before turning to Fuzz again. "So you say you're a beaver? That sounds neat! You eat fish, I bet?" she had no clue what beavers were or what they ate.
Fuzz
The brown fluff of prickly fur suddenly turned, but didn't move. His tiny tiny ears caught the sound of his best friend, Anvil.
His little brown orbs fell back apon the orca that had spoken.
"Yes. I eat fish. It's the only thing I like to really eat. I came down from Pike's Lake."
He patiently waited for their replies.
Gray Wave, Little Wave, & Enien
Gray Wave pushed past the other two and nudged Fuzz with his big, blunt snout. "Fish? Well, you're just my kind of creature! I sure love fish too. But gee... I've never heard of Pike's Lake. Well, besides what the mullets, chubs, and salmon tell me." he responded, speaking of different fish. "But by the way they talk, Pike's Lake must be huge! Is it big?"
Little Wave tried to nudge up closer to Fuzz, bumbing into him as well to see what he felt like, "Do you get any bigger than this? What kinda fish do you eat? Where's your family?"
Enine shook her head, "You're asking too many questions! Let him answer one at a time, will ya?"
Fuzz
"I like fish a lot! They are my personal fave, tasty and easy-to-catch. At Pike's Lake, where I lived before, has many, many pike. I like salmon, any type of fish usually. Pike's Lake is sopposed to be large."
Fuzz still heard his friend Anvil calling from afar. He was eager to go and find him, for he was good at protecting. That was the reason Fuzz had to stick to the water, enemies. Preditors, dangerous animals that eat meat like themselves. Why don't they eat themselves? It was a complete mystery to Fuzz, but he had no caring of it. If he ate meat, he sure wouldn't want to be stuck eating himself! Thats for sure!
He just decided to answer the questions.
"I eat all kinds of fish, and I won't grow any bigger than I am already. My family is long gone after a vicious pack of wolves attacked a looong time go."
Fuzz
"Ugh! I got to go now!" See you around sometime maybe?"
With that, he hurried off, his feet paddling along in the water until he reached land, and he scurried off.