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Arun had grown already, and was beginning to become more curious and less afraid of the sand crabs. true, he was larger than them, and he shouldn't fear them, but one had clamped on his nose and gave him quite a sting. Though, with that said and done, he had grown to mimic sand crabs, though he could never tunnels into teh sand like them at all. The sand though, he loved to play with, make forts, but he could never make them at a great distance, if too far away, he could not use water, if too close, teh waves would wash it away. Huffing and digging into the wet sand revealed after teh receeding foaming waves his fur got coated, his tongue sticking out from his mouth as he concentrated. He wanted to make something special today.

With her cubs growing and learning about the world around them, Sevati couldn't have been more proud of them. They all certaintly kept her paws full. Once she made sure that Ravi had all the cubs she was not surprised to find one of them missing. They never were all together half of the time, as cubs normally are very curious and like to go off on their own. She shook her head slightly before her lime eyes gazed forward at the small figure playing in the sand. It wouldn't be long before all of her cubs were taller than herself!

Arun dug until some sand landed on his nose, a small budnle of sand padded together in a head almost looking like a rock, but was supposed to resembe a crab, sand touched his nose and he sneezed, and the waves rolled in again drenching his paws and hind quarters in water, ruining the start of a crab. His ears folded back, and a sad gleam came to his green eyes. "I'm never going to figure this out," he said to himself. Then he started again, true, he was defeated, but he would not let something keep him down, no. Maybe if he tried to make something else, the waves would stay away.

As she watched Arun curiously, Sevati noticed that he didn't look too happy. It was when the waves rolled in and over the sand was when her son had gotten sad. Ah, the waves were not being nice today. She walked over her son quietly before she stopped right next to him. She lowered her head and looked at the sand, "The waves aren't being very nice, are they?"

Arun didn't know his mother approached so quickly nad when she spoke he squeaked nad flopped sideways into the waves and wet sand, coating his right side. He looked up, saw his mother and his eyes softened, "Mommy," he said quietly, got up, even though he was almost covered in wet sand, and baanced himself to stand on his hind legs, lick his mommy's nose, then flop onto the ground again. He shook his head, "No, it keeps taking away the sand I want to make something with, I wanted to make a sand crab out of sand, but the waves keep coming though the tide is going out a little," he sighed, poked at hte sand. "Why won't the waves be nice today?"

She smiled softly as she licked Arun's cheek affectionately. Sevati listened to him and looked at the sand. So, he was trying to make a sand crab, how cute! Once he was finish, she looked at the waves for a second before looking back at her son, "Well, I think you might be a little too close to the waves, Arun. If you move just a little farther back, you won't have to worry about the waves crashing into you, but you'll still be close enough to get some wet sand." She nodded.

"But I tried that mommy!" Arun said looking up at her with bright green eyes. "I tried and then the sand dried up and the sand crabs come over and clip at it nad ruin it, but they don't get too close to the water, least I haven't seen them get too close to it," he said lookig at the tiny sand crabs fidget their way up and down the sandy shore. "I bet if daddy was here he could just sit right there and the waves couldn't move him," he said with a laugh picturing his daddy as a wall. "Can we make something mommy, that would keep the waves not too close to it?"

"Oh, I see." Sevati glanced at the little crabs scurrying through the sand, "They're not being nice either!" She looked at them for a moment long before she looked back at Arun and laughed. "I'm sure Ravi would love to do that." That would be a funny sight to see! When he asked her to join him, she didn't hesitate to reply, "Of course. That would be fun, Arun!"

"What should we make mommy?" Arun didn't tell his mother he had tried to make his father out of sand once, his face, but it didn't come out well at all, just looked like a blob with some sea grass used as a mane. he giggled at the thought though, and looked at the water, the sand, thinking of his father as a wall, hmm. "Can we make a wall mom? or can we dig a hole the water wil go into instead of my sand-" he stopped, sand blob? He held in a laugh of the thought. "Would that work?"

At his suggestions, Sevati nodded. "Oh yes! If we dig it deep and long, That'll help keep the waves from crashing into us." She looked at Arun, "Do you want to do it together, or we start at different ends and work our way towards each other?" She glanced at he waves and stuck her tongue out at it playfully. This would be fun, she loved to play with the sand!

"Sure mommy!" Mommy, a momma's boy, but he loved his mother nad father incredibly, he was attached to his family greatly, adn nothing could take him away from them. He scampered over to one side and started digging into teh sand with his paws, tiny, though fast, he could move at a decen pace, though no doubt his mother would get more done since she was bigger and stronger than him. "race you mom," he said looking over, sticking his tongue slightly out at her and he dug some more in hopes of getting it done before the tide moved in again.

As Arun challenged her on one end, Sevati turned and went on the opposite direction of her son. She giggled and stuck her tongue right back out at him, "Oh, you're on!" She dug deeply into the sand, but tried not to go too quickly since she knew that she was still bigger than her son and could easily win. Every now and then, she would glance up at Arun and see his progress. She smiled happily, watching the sand get flung out on either side of her, sometimes hitting the waves as they rolled in.

Arun dug furiously into teh sand, and was almost at the point where he and his mother would reach the same spot, though his mom was going slower, why? he tilted his head, paws stopping, though the waves began to come in, water seeping into the ditch rushing at him. he turned towards hte water. "no, not yet!" he said aloud, he wasn't done! The water would get his sand blob after all. He crouched down, and tried an attempt at a roar, but nothing impressive came from his juvenile throat, and the waterhit him in hte face flopping him onto his back and getting into his eyes.

As the wave had started to roll in, Sevati dug faster, hoping that it would help their efforts. She looked up at her son when she heard him attempt a roar only to have the hit him full-force in the face. She looked at him, worried, "Are you ok?" She dug a little deeper as the water started to fill in her holes. "The waves are starting to come!"

Arun's eyes were now filled with sand and salty water, his ears folded back and it hurt to blink but it hurt to keep his eyes open, he curled his tail around himself and lost all interest in the sand blob that the water was now eating away at. He had never gotten this much sand or water in his eyes before, and it hurt, and tears started to brim at the cirners of his eyes. "Mommy," he cried, pouting, sounding like hte cub he was not long ago and ran to her side, clinging to her right back leg.

As Arun called out to her, Sevati stood up as he ran over to her and huddled near her back leg. She shhed him quietly as she lowered her head to his face. "It's alright Arun." She licked his face, helping to remove any excess sand and salty water from his face. "Rub your face on my leg, that will help to get the sand and water off of your face."

Arun clung his little paws to his mother's leg not caring if his siblings saw him like this, hoping daddy wouldn't think he was any less strong because of this. he gently wiped his face on her leg nad felt bad he was now getting his mom dirty from the sand, but at least the stinging was going away and would soon be gone. "Can we go see daddy mommy?" he pleaded softly, he needed a hug and a head butt from his father, and wanted to stay with his mommy. Sand crabs out of sand could wait, family wa more important.

She licked his face a few more times to make sure to get all the water off of it. Sevati nodded her head to his request, "Of course, we can go back and see him Arun." She looked at him gently, making sure that he was ok. The last thing she wanted to do was bring back her son to Ravi and something be wrong with him. A million and one questions would surely ensue. She nudged him lightly, "Let's go, he'll make you feel better too." She nodded her head.

"Okay," he said with a sniffle, he would grow older, that was for sure, but he'd still have the cub deep inside that would venture out now and again. Though he knew no matter what his parents would never think less of him, they loved him as he loved them, family was important, "Race you?" he said with a slight smile on his maw

She grinned playfully, "Of course! I'll beat you!" Sevati giggled softy as she took one last look at Arun before leaping forward to race her son back to where Ravi would be.

Arun laughed and chased after his mother, attempting to grab her tail into his mouth, though her tail fluff always eluded him. One day though he'd beat his mom at a race, even his dad, only time would tell for sure.