Geplaatst A nightly adventure
Few hours laters. Xar letted out a big yawn and started to lick her dry raccoon mouth with her tongue. She rubbed thru her furry belly that started to rumble again. She needed food, and fast! Quickly positioned she her tail over the edge of the basket of which the bottom became all warm of the raccoons' bodyheat. That sure helped the digestion, nice and warm, she mumbled in herself. But she could still feel SOMETHING inside her stomach. Something undigested. Maybe it were some bones? Still wondering about what it could be, she pondered about it and walked out of the basket, still thinking about it in her raccoonbrain. She walked to the livingroom where she saw Simon sleeping on the couch, his left leg half hanging off it. “Crazy person”, she said softly and walked towards the couch, and began to climb on it, using her sharp claws on her black paws, trying not to damage the brown cushions on it. The raccoon walked carefully over the body of her new boss Simon and softly she began to lick the young man in the face. Softly he wakes up from the licking and stared in the big black eyes of his recued raccoon! “Didn't you know you are absolutely beautiful?”, he whispered softly towards the raccoon who can understand his every word obviously. “Yeah,” said Simon. “You're awesome!”. Calm lifts Simon his arm and carefully strokes his hand thru the gray head fur of the raccoon. “And soft too!” he added. With 2 big black eyes the female raccoon stared at him. “What are you trying to tell me? Is there something wrong?”, he asked politely, not knewing of the fact this raccoon could understand him! “And girl, what did you ATE? Your mouth is a bit red of BLOOD! Did you attacked someone just a few minutes ago?”, Simon said with a surprised voice. Xar looked again very surprised to the man and kept on staring him. “Well, whatever you did – it was bloody.”, Simon sighed and pushed the raccoon off his lap, with the tail leaving his legs for last.
A bit wobbly Xar wobbled back to her basket to continue the digestion of the mice. It was quite a meal... With a big sigh she plunged herself back in the basket! After that she curled a bit around and looked in the livingroom, just over the edge. Then she began to wonder: where was Retep? Where could he be right now? Was he still planning his revenge?
Oh, why would she bother? She was safe. In a house. After these comforting thoughts, she FINALLY fell asleep.....................
Quite a while later. It was nearly night and the entire room was pitchblack. All the lights in the room were switched off and a soft hum was hearable. Must be that fridge, whispered Xan to herself and she heard her tummy rumbling. Those mice were long-gone digested... Then, all of a sudden, she had a wonderful idea: Why not exploring the house? Then also she discovered another thing. She could see in pitchdark. Xan didn't knew how this was actually possible but she could sense EVERYTHING now! All her senses were maxed-out now! Softly she standed up out of the basket and let out a big yawn. She stretched a bit and so began her tour around the house. Directly she discovered that the doors weren't closed at all, all just a tiny bit opened. Maybe Simon had the thought that Xan was a nightdweller? Softly her paws touched the soft carpet and letted out a soft meep.
Suddenly her ears captured a noise... A sound of a falling trashcan. And the sound came from OUTSIDE! Some other sound she could get was the distinct sound... of a raccoon browsing thru the trash... but this was still the Netherlands. And there were no wild raccoons in the Netherlands. So this could meant only one thing. And she hoped that this 'one thing' didn't discovered the doggie-door in the front door of the house! Ultimatively fixed on the sound she heard the soft pitter-patter was becoming closer. Her worst fear became reality: it is Retep and he finally found her. Worse still: she could SMELL him NOW! HE WAS IN THE HOUSE!!! All instincts were now on EDGE! Ready to flee... or FIGHT this time... But there was one thing: she never fought before, and she already lost the first time around.
The smell of the other raccoon became stronger and stronger, and with each whiff of the smell Xan became scared by the minute. Her heart was almost beating outside her chest!!
Then... the door next to her creaked open, and with a DASH she ran (no, GALLOPED!) back to her basket for protection. Shivering with fear she peeked over the edge, holding the blanket of the basket clenched in her tiny paws. But then she heard another voice. One voice she never heard. “Hello? Helluuuuwwww?” Who was that? Bit calmed down her heart stopped racing and two masked eyes peeked once again over the edge. She only could make out a black and white animal with a big fluffy black and white tail with a white stripe running down in the middle. Then she knew what kind of animal that was. It was nothing more than a skunk. But skunks are dangerous. Make them angry, then then can spray you. But she already could sense that this specimen was harmless! But still – you never know with skunks in a house. Quietly Xar gave another sqeak. Ah, there you are, she can hear the skunk say and it came hurrying towards the basket.
“Hello, who are you? Haven't seen you all day?”, the skunk asked, hanging over the edge of the basket. This was all too bewildering! First she came under attack of another vicious raccoon, and later she meets a curious skunk! She could do nothing more than giving out some strange sqeaks, resembling like crying... “Awww come on, I'm not thát bad?”, the skunk tried to sooth the raccoon and softly stroked the head. “You'll be fine!” Fine? FINE? She was scared beyond her wits! And that skunk called that FINE?!
The raccoon began to sqeak louder, and more it more it sounded like crying. And that skunk immediately understand what was going on. “What is it?”, the skunk now asked a lot more calmer towards the very sad raccoon. But the skunk could see what was going on. That raccoon was scared! VERY scared!! “Hey... you can trust me. You can trust me.”, the skunk said softly in Xans' ears. At once, the sqeaking sound stopped and two black eyes were staring towards the skunk. “You... mean that?”, sniffed Xan softly and the skunk nodded confident. Another sniff was to be heard.
“It's not so bad. You are safe here. I heard from other animals here in the neighbourhood that you had a big fight with another raccoon. Don't worry, I know him and usually he has a big heart. He's not so keen on female coons though...”, said the skunk. “Oh silly me, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Tanya.” “I... I... I'm Xan...”, the raccoon stuttered. “I know.”, replied Tanya and gave her a mysterious wink with her left eye. “And don't be scared. Outside the house there is someone who wants to apoligise.” Yet again, Xan dove back into her basket. “Now now, he only wants to say sorry to you. You don't have to be scared.”,said Tanya with some trust in her voice. “But... he BIT me!”,meeped Xan quietly. “He already told me that that wasn't on purpose. He only wanted to warn you, nothing more. And by the way – he caught the fish again that you let escape.”,said Tanya. How could she know THAT? When the two raccoons were together, they never saw a skunk... or could they?
“OK, you can come now”,shouted Tanya towards a doggie-door and first two front paws appeared on the floor before it, revealing seconds later... Retep! That came waddling towards the basket where Xan resided... her heart was pounding in her throat and all her senses were on full-tilt! Retep peeked over the edge and saw a shivering and a very scared raccoon, itself pressing to the floor of the basket. Her entire grey furry body was raising! And THEN FINALLY Retep realised what he had done!
“Hey girl, remember me?”, asked Retep as quiet as possible, trying not to scare that raccoon even more... Again, big black eyes were staring over the edge towards the eyes of the (bigger) male raccoon. “I know what you wanna say, and yes, you are right. I didn't had to hurt you. I already had a bad day, and I could not keep my temper.”, sighed Retep and sees that Xan understand this clear apoligy but both her ears are still in her neck. On the one hand she can understand it, but on the other hand... what if he loses his temper AGAIN? Then he can bite her again... or worse! Xan thinks for a bit and decides to give him the benefit of the doubt. Calmly she standed up... and began to lick the nose of the male raccoon!
“Good girl! GOOD GIRL!”, Tanya exclaimed and saw how the two raccoons began to share the basket for the rest of the night. Tenderly the two coons started to lick eachothers' fur. That lasted for just a moment... when they fell asleep, side-by-side....
The next morning Xan woke up by the familiar sound of a rumbling tummy! Her whole body shouted FOOD!... But she used to be a human and humans are eating bread in the morning. So... what do raccoons eat in the morning? She always was depending on scaveging food outside in the big bad wilderness called town. And she noticed that Retep was gone again... hopefully not for long, she could use the company in times like these.
Not long after Retep came thru the same doggie-door as last night... but now Xan could see that he had two captured mice in his maw. So that was he doing... he was hunting! “Zey war washud...”,mumbled Retep with his mouth full with the two bleeding mice. Quickly he dribbled towards the basket and gave his girlfriend one of the two mice. In turn she quickly grabbed one mice and swallowed it whole. It was just a tiny field mouse, not more than a mouthfull. And for once it was dead! Headfirst it got swallowed, straight to the stomach... Xan let out a large burp and looked around. To her sadness she discovered that Retep was gone again. Out hunting again, she pondered, and decided to go out too.
Outside, the early sun was already burning on her grey furry body. Although it was not midday yet. It was still morning. But then she listened closely to the grass, where she heard tiny squeals and peeps. More mice? Could it be? She pricked her ears towards the tiny sqeauly sounds and it looked like the sound came from under the big hedge surrounding the garden. And there, beyond the garden gnome, she detects precisely the squealing sound. Bit rushing she waddled towards the spot and... dug out a big nest of 6 naked pink mice. Blind. Without fur. No parent mice in the neighbourhood. Good, this was her chance. But after some thinking she finds out that those other two mice she and Retep ate... those were the parents! And this was their nest. Heh, but not for long. Hungry she picked up the babies one by one, and each one got hungrily eaten by the raccoon! Not knowing that Retep was watching the scene on the porch, still full from that one male mouse. He saw how his girlfriend was herself gorging on the mice. Poor mice, but we got to have to eat too..., Retep pondered and decide to walk slowly to Xan who now had her fill! “I see you had quite a snack..?”,said Retep with a soft laugh. Xan nodded satified. And a little laugh became visible on that raccoonface, with lips filled with red blood. “I see you like mice, huh?”,smiled Retep to her, and already forgot his hostility against Xan. He was now kinder... Nicer... more FRIENDLIER! “Well, mice to eat that is...”, continued Retep. A little smile was now visible on the face of the female raccoon. Now she knew he could trust him. To show him some compassion, she softly began to lick the grey fur of the male raccoon, who began to lick her back in return.
After some intensive back-and-forth-licking Xan began to yawn... she was still tired of all the things she had gone thru now. Another deep yawn and Xan dragged herself back to the basket inside the safe house where she seconds later fell into a deep sleep. But Retep understanded it. He follewed her to the basket and said softly: Sleep well... You deserved it! Retep gave the sleeping Xan another lick and decided to walk away, back to the outside world.
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