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At once Gemma winced, still huddled in the weeds for Esther to find her. Terrified at being caught too far away from her mother, she hid closer to the ground, unable to move. Maybe if she stayed hidden long enough, Layla would forget, and she could sneak back. No, she shook her head, that was nonsense. Her mother would find her, and be upset anyway.
Slowly, Gemma rose from the tall meadow grass, her face guilt-etched.
"Gemma..." Layla sighed, shaking her head. "You know not to leave me! Do you really want to be captured by two-legs? Or injured by a wolf? This is why I make rules! All you have to do is listen to them!" She scolded.
"I--I--Esther needed help," she looked at her hooves, shuffling them in the dust. "She could hardly stand, and needed to eat. Then--then we went to play hide and seek and--I got carried away," she admitted.