Ayize was not as young as she once was, but that had yet to stop her.
Rump raised, she prowled through the grasses, her eyes and nose low. Only minutes ago she had spotted one of those vicious, poisonous snakes. And it was her duty, as a member of the pride, to rid the lands of its evil. But it seemed her eyesight must be going, or her hunting skills were not as sharp as they used to be, because she kept losing it. One moment she'd see it, the next it would disappear, and the moment after that she'd glimpse its jerking movements in grasses feet away out of the corner of her eye.
Finally, she spotted in once more and, extending her claws, pounced. The small snake wriggled, pinned to the ground underneath her. Ayize grinned, puffing out her chest a bit. She knew she could do it! Leaning forward, she placed her other paw atop the demon and pressed all her weight into her claws, feeling the life of the snake slip away as its motions jerked to a halt. Removing her paws, she wiped them in the grass, and continued on walking. What else could she accomplish today?
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