The tall grass swayed in the gentle breeze and tickled Anupama's sides as he slowly made his way west. It was the random direction Anu had chosen upon departing with his mother so long ago and he had continued to head in the same direction ever since. Maybe he still didn't know what to do with his life and maybe he didn't know himself at all still, despite the tons of thinking he had done, but at least he had a direction. West.
And he was learning things. Learning things about the different lands he had traveled across. Different things about himself. Like Anupama now knew he enjoyed the caress of tall grass against his fur, tickling him, but not enough to make him laugh.
Maybe he would find a save place in the grass to bed down for the night. He had to be careful though. Many of the larger predators hunted in the tall grass. Anu had to keep his ears pinned down to make sure he was completely hidden within the tall grass. No ginger ears poking through, a tell-tale sign of his presence. He didn't want to be someone's lunch.
And he didn't want the elephants and rhinos to step on him either. But at least those creatures wouldn't eat him.
Maybe he should think about teaming up with on of the larger cats. They were cats, but jackals and cats despite being canine and feline, weren't always a bad mix. He just needed to find the right temperament. Anu would have to really think about that option.
It couldn't be all bad. His mother had done just that. That's why she had ended up in the pridelands after all.
