It is a beautiful day. Rudi was the first out the back door of the house, followed by Blake, who was forever in competition with his father. Christian and Harold were still waking up.
“Come on boys!” He shouted. “We only get this one day! Don’t waste it.”
“We know dad. We were just up late studying.” Christian said, but Rudi saw Blake’s smile, and he just knew that wasn’t what they were doing. Rudi and Blake stared at each other, just waiting for that moment when both shifted into their wolf forms a second apart, running for the forest, with Chris and Harold not far behind, turning the intense competition into a game of tag. It was the one day in the year that they could wholeheartedly be happy. They rounded the corner to the opening at the waterfall. It was an oasis. Greenery all around
