I hurried after Mom as we walked through the tall grass. My litter-mates followed after Mom. But I was the youngest in the family, I couldn't keep up that well for my legs weren't that long as my older litter-mates.
"Tabby," Mom said, "come on." She turned and picked me up by the scruff and carried me to the front and dropped me.
"Thanks," I meowed.
"Your welcome." She looked up. "It's getting dark. We should be getting back home now."
I nodded.
I woke up. "Mom?" I jumped on her playfully to wake her up. But she didn't. My litter-mates were yowling like they were gonna explode. "What's wrong with her?" I asked.
"I don't know..." My brother answered.
A horrible smell entered the den.
"Um..." I backed out of the den and hid in a bush. I could still smell it but not as bad.
My sister ran up to me. "I think you should come out now..."
I leaped out of the bush. "What?"
"Look at mother..."
I couldn't speak..
Without waiting for an answer, my sister went on, "She's dead."

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Meadow; The Tree
Fiksyen PeminatMeadow, a long land of adventure, returns! Little lynx Tabby finds herself in a strange place after her mother's death. Her litter-mates are lost and she is determined to find them. But she meets a mysterious eagle who tells her about "The Tree", a...