Season 1 · Part 4 of 6 · Warm afternoon
The Sandy Playground
Coming soonWarm afternoon, rowdy — honeyed ochre sand, dry golden grasses, soft long shadows.
Coming with the morning light…
The story
After a morning of swimming and fishing, the pups discover that their sandy patch beside the den is the perfect playground. One pup rolls down the sand and the others copy him. They wrestle, they chase one another around the ficus roots, and they pop in and out of the den's hidden entrances.
Papa pretends to be asleep. Suddenly a pup jumps onto him. Papa opens one eye. The pup freezes perfectly still… and then Papa playfully chases all three around the bank.
At last the pups roll in the warm sand to dry their wet fur, and lie together, fluffy and tired, while Mama gently grooms them.