Blue Ears, Blue Tears

Chapter 1: The Past and The Fame

In the forest where the village of people would dare not enter. A Fox lives on a small mound. This small mound is not just home to a regular fox, in fact, this fox was blue. A Blue Fox that should not exist.

Many of the animals around him dare not be in his presence due to his abnormality. The Blue Fox was lonely, without any friends.

He thought to himself, "I shall make some friends and hold them close!" He dreamed of having so many friends. Surrounding him with joy and cuddles.

But that was just a dream to him, he would pray to the gods to help him make friends every year.

For thousands of years, his wish had not come true. He had watched as humans evolved from Torches to bulbs to street lights.

One day, he awoke to a strange noise, a noise that rumbled to the ground. He jumped running out to see the trees of his home be destroyed. Scared of the catastrophe happening, he went back inside and hid right underneath.

For days the rumble had not stopped, and days which his stomach rumbled with. Then the rumble had stopped but was replaced with the chatter of people. His home is now in between roads and flowers and trees.

Watching as people went around chatting, he wanted to communicate. It was like the gods had answered his wish after hundreds of years of waiting!

He tried to speak to the humans, but they were all met with awe and shock. A Fox as blue as the dark blue water. A rare sight for anyone to see.

He was scared, he had no idea what they were doing and what they wanted, in response he ran back into his home.

In the mound, through night and day, many people came to see him. The Blue Fox of the Highway. He could not sleep through all the chatter outside his home.

Is this a dream or a nightmare..? he thought to himself. He longed for companionship for a long time, but the fame and chatter he got was the nightmare he got.

For days the chatter and fame of his would not stop, he wished it would all go away in an instant.

Until one day, he learned his first word. He came out of his pound as many people started taking pictures. The Blue Fox of the Highway had made its way out of his home! People started taking pictures as flashes burned his eyes.

He turned his head away due to the flashes, that's when he noticed the sign made onto his mound. "Shiro" was written onto the white wooden sign on blue paint. Trying his best to say the word.

"Shi-Sh-Shi-roo.." he finally spoke! The reporters were shocked at Blue Fox's development at learning a word. He looked back at the reporters as he saw them in awe and shock, he said it again "Shi-roo" they go wild for it.

He was proud of it! He finally can communicate with humans, practicing the name he had learned. The reporters watched him practice, the news was just filled with him learning his name.

"Shiro-" he perfected his name, the reporters started cheering for him! He was happy, he wished to learn more words to be able to communicate.

For days and months, he would go viral on the media for his practice of words.
And soon something arrived on his root way

To be continued...