Travellers

After we got the car, we really went places. It started with short trips to the outskirts of the city. We were cramped in the back seat, frequently fighting for space. My mother trying to get in the front row to catch the best view, I, sticking my head through the window and letting the air comb my fuzzy hair. Several times we reached a trail system that surrounded a lake and extended through the hills and along a narrow creek. The smell of wild animals was evident, as well as their prints in the woods. We ignored the lake, crowded with fatty birds who couldn't fly, but refreshed our tired legs and swam in the creek. Human people discriminate against dogs as they sometimes do with themselves. we were forbidden to enter some parts of the trail system and we were forced to stay on a leash. However as we left behind the closest sections to the lake and the picnic area, humans became scarce enough to allow us some freedom. And that's how part of my dreams came true. I went after raccoons and I saw my first deer. It was a tall, gentle beast who looked at me without fear before vanishing down the hill.
Days got longer and we walked to exhaustion, gaining strength and endurance. The next summer we took on longer trips and I got to see the ocean for the first time. Eloisa likes the romp in the sand but never comes close to the water. The ocean is agitated and unpredictable, its water viscous like blood, entangled plants and beaten rocks wash ashore like the vomiting of a giant monster and indeed, Eloisa believes that something dark and voracious lives in there.
Two seasons later we visited another tribe in a chaotic city they call L.A. Eloisa has been there before and the only thing she remembers is being pregnant with me and having morning sickness. We got a room in the first floor of a big building and I broke lose in the corridor. My pack and the employees panicked for a minute. I never understood why humans get so nervous in the presence of a single dog off leash. When they finally calmed down and called me, I came back wagging my tail.
L.A. has more humans and dogs than the biggest army of ants I've seen. the visitors swarm in search of toys and food and then drop in the beach in a state of stupor. The local pack spend most of the time trapped in their cars trying to get home.The air is dirty and made me sneeze. But there is a place in particular that my mother love, because deep inside she dreams with royalty. Jack and Elena feed her delusion calling her " The Queen". It is a small section of the city devoted to expensive shops where wealthy humans and their pompous dogs waste their resources. Its name is "Rodeo Drive". Awe and excitement didn't prevent Eloisa from peeing under the window of one of those shops, while I slipped in the marble floor trying to get away. However,we didn't receive the angry looks I expected. Humans were in a relaxed state of mind and were mostly curious about our ancestry.
Next day, Elena said that we have had enough of that and we were heading to Indian Country.