A springtime romance

It had been a long winter. Kiki never thought it would end. It felt as if she had been sleeping for forever waiting for the cold season to be over.

Kiki was especially eager for spring to begin for it will be the first time she would be old enough for 'Spring Fever' also known as mating season or season of birth and growth!

All winter long Kiki spend her hibernation time dreaming of the cute husky that would steal her heart and gave her babies. How she longed to start her own family.

She had learned from the nurturing her own mother had given her, how lovely it was to be a loving mother and spouse. She had even picked the candidate she was going to flirt with come spring!

That fluffy Raoule had the strongest muscle and the biggest growl and he seemed to be the best gatherer there was out there in their neck of the woods.

Finally, spring was here and Kiki left her cave and ventured outside, her nose twitching at the new scents spring brought.

Kiki spend the day sniffing around for Raoule's smell. He had the sweetest smell ever that she can recall probably because he was forever covered in honey.

Kiki smiled happily when just as she suspected, Raoule was deep into a bee hive scrounging for the freshest honey he could get his hands on.

Kiki pounded on Raoule and the startled Raoule growled in what he thought was an unprovoked attack until he turned around and saw that it was Kiki.

Raoule quickly changed his growl to a welcoming purr and offered Kiki some of the honey he was busily indulging himself on.

Ah, young romance! How quickly it blossomed-

Crack!

Raoule fell to the ground and Kiki was startled and self preservation made her dart away to safety.

Kiki cried non stop as she ran away to her hiding spot. She cursed herself for not staying by Raoule's side to see if he was still alive. Kiki was about to head out of her cave to go back to Raoule when her mother stopped her.

It was a well known jungle lesson: stay away from areas where gunshots were heard - those humans are highly dangerous.

So it was, that, that spring instead of enjoying her new found romance, Kiki spend it mourning the loss of her young love.