It was the next day. Sunlight filtered into our hollowed stump. I saw Ujurak's lump of body, breathing up and down. His black eyes opened and stared at me.
"Morning," Ujurak wheezed.
That was weird.
"Are you ok?" I grumbled. Taking care of a younger bear is a lot of work!
Ujurak sheepishly took away a paw from his shoulder. The wound from yesterday, was still bleeding.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?!" I exploded. "You should've told me so I could've helped you!"
Ujurak stared down. "I'm going for a walk." He said and walked out of the stump.
I fixed my eyes on him. Maybe I should watch him.
I slowly walked out, looking at the ground in case prey was nearby. Then I heard a click.
No, no, no! Another flat-face with his mindless firestick. Another one was on Ujurak. Ujurak darted behind a tree and several bangs made dents in it.
"No!" A flat-face was yanking a flat-face's shoulder. "That bear should be left alone and the other is a human!"
Ujurak
I felt the fur shrink down, being replaced by strawberry blonde skin. My only fur left was on top of my head and brown pelts draped over me. A girl flat-face was peeking over the tree.
"Hi there." She said. The girl looked at my shoulder. "You need some treatment for that."
"Treatment?" I echoed.
"It won't hurt!" The girl assured me. "Maybe some stinging. Now are you 9 or 10?"
"9? 10?" I asked.
"I'll leave you as 9." The flat-face smiled and guided me to the flat-faces with the firesticks.
I tried not to let a growl at them.
"Ujurak!" I heard Toklo say. "Get out of there!"
"I can't!" I turned to where Toklo's voice was. I caught a glimpse of brown fur behind a boulder.
The flat-faces stared at me. "You just... roared!" One flat-face said.
"Anyways," The girl said. "I'll bring you to my home. Maybe I could fix your wound."
Home? I thought.
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