Buck ran over to her and sniffed the ground around her before finding the stick. He nudged one of her hands open and dropped it in her hand then sat next to her, kneading the ground anxiously and licking her face from time to time to make sure she was okay and to encourage her to stand back up.Ellie decided she would see if the cougar was learning. She dropped the stick and dropped the the ground. @LoveMyChickenBabies
(So... I missed 11 pages... I don't really want to have to read all that, so sorry if I missed something important!)