Leaf lay on the floor of the medicine den. Wolfclaw was gathering herbs from a rocky shelf.   Leaf was moaning as a pup slid out, and then three more, and one more. Wolfclaw licked all the pups,  and they staggered around blindly towards Leaf. They snuggled into her fur and started nursing.  As Wolfclaw ran around  barking, "The first pups of spring!", a wolf came into the medicine den. The wolf, whose name was Dancing Flower, told Leaf, " Battle by the ridges."
Wolfclaw's eyes widened in excitement. "My first actual battle healing!" he said.
Leaf was in good condition but she could not battle the pack of the Inuric Vine because of her pups.