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"Mom".
He whispered and nudged her. She turned her big eyes on him. "What?"
"What are those noises? It's still dark out."
She whispered back, moving very slightly. "It's the Two Legs. This is the time they come to our woods. They have long noise sticks and they are trying to find us. If they find us, the noise sticks 'blam'. Sometimes one of us doesn't get up again. Don't stir. Stay where you are."
He wanted to ask "But WHY?"....but he didn't. He had learned well to obey his mother implicitly in every situation. It would serve him well this day.