Won't Hide
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:08 am
Born in the swamp, she often left her small group of migrated totoma to play with foals of other kin. Perhaps unfortunately for her, she brought a lot of the totoma war-games attitude to the decidedly un-warlike games the others played. For example, they learned never to let her be "it" when they played tag, because she usually tagged via headbutt or full-body tackle.
When they tried to teach her how to play hide and seek, it didn't really take. Every round she played, she lost! Her hiding places were abysmal! She'd stand behind the thinnest coverings of vines, and her bright colored plates or her dark colored fur would always give her way. One of the more foolish foals laughed at her, and asked if she even knew how to hide.
With a ferocious stomp of her tiny hoof, she cried, "I won't hide! Hiding is for cowards!"
It began as a joke among her playmates, who were eager for something to call her, but the name seemed to be an appropriate one. As she grew, she would never shirk a duty, and never try to redirect blame when she was guilty. No matter what was coming her way, for better or worse, she would never hide from it.
When they tried to teach her how to play hide and seek, it didn't really take. Every round she played, she lost! Her hiding places were abysmal! She'd stand behind the thinnest coverings of vines, and her bright colored plates or her dark colored fur would always give her way. One of the more foolish foals laughed at her, and asked if she even knew how to hide.
With a ferocious stomp of her tiny hoof, she cried, "I won't hide! Hiding is for cowards!"
It began as a joke among her playmates, who were eager for something to call her, but the name seemed to be an appropriate one. As she grew, she would never shirk a duty, and never try to redirect blame when she was guilty. No matter what was coming her way, for better or worse, she would never hide from it.