The Little Iris

The Little Iris
 
Chapter 1 Characters
 
Iris - Small lavender merle Border collie
Faith - Iris' mother, lavender merle border collie more markings than Iris with blue eyes
Ace - Iris' father standered black border collie with copper brown eyes
Whisky - Iris' eldest brother, grey border collie with copper eyes
Bandit - Iris' brother, second oldest, black border collie with blue eyes
Little Cow - A brown and white calf, Iris' best friend
 
Chapter 1 
Iris leaped over Little Cow, her best friend. The little female calf did not talk like her but she seemed real sad. So she tried to cheer her up. When the calf got up to follow her mother off with the rest of the herd she tried to follow but her mother, Faith called her over. Her two brothers Whisky and Bandit where standing around her paws.
Iris realized that her father, Ace was the one who had ordered the cows to get up and move. "Hello, Mama!" She said as she trotted up. "Watch your father dear." Her mother said nudging her so she was staring at her father herding the herd towards more grass.
"But it looks so boring!" Iris complained. Faith shook her head, "You will be sold if you can not herd, that is who we are. Herding is what we do, dear. We are border collies it is what we are meant for." "Can't I do somethin diffrent?" Iris asked tilting her head and looking up at her mother.
Faith just sighed and looked on towards her father who was now panting and coming back towards his family. "How'd ya think I did?" He barked like a pup to the three puppies. "You did great Dad!" Bandit said jumping at his paws. Whisky joined him by pouncing on his tail, "I wanna be just like you!" He said as he tumbled over.
Ace looked at Iris with a small smile, "What'd you think Little Iris?" He asked nudging her over and nipping her ear playfully. "You did great Papa." She said, laughing. "Alright now," He said streaching "You three go off and play."
Iris, Whisky, and Bandit ran off together. "Come on guys lets go to the barn and play a game or somethin." Bandit yipped running off towards the barn Whisky ran after him. Iris looked towards the cows, and saw Little Cow a little ways from the herd her head drooping. 
Iris ran off towards the calf instead of with her brothers. She grasped one of the dandilions from the field and ran off with it towards Little Cow. "Hi!" She chirped as she trotted up. She did not look up. "Do you want this? I thought it might make you feel better." Little Cow lifted her head and leaned down towards Iris.
"MOOOOOO" She answered Iris almost fell over as the wind from the calf hit her. She chuckled, "I'll take that as a yes." She nudged the dandilion towards her then heard Bandit calling, "Arn't you coming Iris?"
"I gotta go." She said running between the calf's legs. "I'll see ya later." She ran towards the barn and her brothers.
The little pup bounced off into the barn, climbing up the hay to join her brothers. Bandit was pouncing on little pieces of hay wile Whisky was lying on his back his head hung over one of the round hay bales. "Finally!" He chirped pulling his head up and bouncing to his paws.
"We're going to play a game of Hide-n-seek!" Bandit informed her. "I'm counting." Whisky said, a little annoyed. "Okay!" Iris said, sliding off the hay bale and running out of the barn. She looked around. I could hide behind the cows, oh! Maybe the house? hmm.. let's see. I could go in one of the horse's stalls. Nah. She looked around. The forest! Perfect.
Iris padded into the woods. She looked around exitedly. She crouched between two roots of a large oak. Then a mouth flew beside her nose, and she got distracted. "Hi lil fella!" She said rearing up onto her hind legs to inspect the creature. "Hey! Come back." She called as the moth took off, and she ran after it.
"Where ya goin?" Iris asked the moth trying to keep up. "Y'know I'd be cool if you could talk." She said. "Oh! Imagine if your voice was like all gruff like my owner's but your so tiny." She began cracking up like that would be the funniest thing ever.
"What's it like to fly?" She continued, as she followed the moth who had now landed onto a tree. "I jumped off a bunch of hay bales once to see if I could fly. I can't. But this one time I dreamed I could fly. I was flying over the barn. And it was so cool! Then I fell. That wasn't cool. But it was fun!"
"I'm tired. Can you stop? Where are you going anyways?" She asked, the little moth continued on its way. "Hmf. Fine. Bye." She frowned, but soon she remebered she was supposed to be hiding. She looked around, realizing she had no idea where she was. She went deep into the forest.
Then she heard paw steps, running fast. She almost let out a cry. It must be wild dogs! Their going to eat me! Iris ran under the nearest hedge, huddling as far back as she could get in the hedge. Then she heard the dog or wolf emerge from a hedge opposite of her's. "Iris!?" She reconized that voice! "Mama?" She peered out of the voice, and sure enough her mother was standing there looking around with scared eyes.
"Where have you been?" Her mother asked rushing towards her. "W-well we where playing hide-n-seek and then I came into the forest to hide, and then there was this moth and I followed it then I got lost!" She squeaked. "Then I heard the wild dogs- well actually it was just you so I hid. And then you came out of that hedge and asked me where I'd been so then I said, 'W-well we w-" She said but was cut off as her mother leaned down and picked her up by her scruff taking her back to the barn.
 
 
Chapter 2 Characters
 
Iris - Small lavender merle Border collie
Faith - Iris' mother, lavender merle border collie more markings than Iris with blue eyes
Ace - Iris' father standered black border collie with copper brown eyes
Whisky - Iris' eldest brother, grey border collie with copper eyes
Bandit - Iris' brother, second oldest, black border collie with blue eyes
Little Cow - A brown and white calf, Iris' best friend
Mr. Miller - older man, with brown hair.
Miles - brown haired teenage boy, Mr. Miller's son
 
 
Chapter 2
Once the two returned, Whisky and Bandit came running up. "Where did you go? We couldn't find you anywhere. I guess that means you win, huh?" Bandit said, head drooping. "Yup! I win!" Iris chirped, "Lets play again." 
Faith gave her a cold stare, but full of affection. "Oh no you don't. You are going into the house, and you two might as well to." She said flicking her tail towards Bandit and Whisky. 
 
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