Spring [I] — "She was never going to ask Spectre for a story again. Well, she might, once Doe's pups were born, and old enough to listen to his tales. At least then she'd have company. Still, that story gave her the creeps. She didn't know why it was having that effect on her. It might have been the fact that the story took place in her home forest. It also might have been the way Spectre told it, like he was retelling events, not making them up."
Yet another poor pup washed down the river. Gale was adopted by Dusty and Doe.