Continuation

After flying for what seemed a very long time to little Fleur, she noticed ahead in the distance a flock of birds, she had no idea what sort they were or indeed where they were going, but she could see that they were on a collision course with her blue sphere.

All as one the birds flew upwards in order to avoid the blue sphere, but the turbulence of their wings sent the blue sphere spiralling downwards. As it got lower and lower Fleur wondered about just letting go and taking a chance on a soft landing, before she could decide, she heard a gentle hissing sound, as she looked up she could see the sphere getting smaller and smaller. The smaller it got the faster it and Fleur went down, until at last with a small bump Fleur found herself on mossy grass.

She let go of the tail she was clutching in her paws, and went to what had been the beautiful blue sphere, it was now just a piece of blue material that was quite stretchy. She folded it and put it in her pocket.

Feeling very small and alone, she looked around at her surroundings. She was on a patch of soft mossy grass, in the middle of a circle of silver trees. She looked up and saw the sun had moved far to the West, soon it would be setting and dusk would fall. Being a sensible little Pocket Mouse she knew she must not stay out in the open, where any predator could see her, she must find herself shelter for tonight at least, and then look tomorrow for a more permanent home for her to start her new life on her own. She gulped at the enormity of it all, the tasks in front of her, she wiped away a tear from her eye as she thought of her family. Wearily and unhappily she made her way through the circle of silver trees into a nearby undergrowth, as she burrowed into the thickest part she came across some berries, these would at least keep her from going hungry. Then to her delight she found some seeds on the ground, she picked them up, dusted them off and put them in her pocket with the blue stretchy material. She would eat these later and keep some for tomorrow. The berries would also prevent her from being thirsty, as they were very juicy. She knew in the morning she would find refreshing morning dew to drink. Luckily her parents had taught all their children how to survive on their own, should it become necessary.