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Ratha's IslandRatha's Island, a Twitter novelette by Clare Bell, author of the Ratha or Named series.

Prepared for Twitter by Sheila Ruth and Clare Bell. Inspiration by Sheila Ruth. Copyright 2009

The Twitter search tag or hashtag for the story posts is #rathafic. This archive file will be updated regularly.

Ratha, female leader of the Named cat clan, paused on the meadow trail, one forefoot raised.

To one side, the small three-toed horses that the Named called dapplebacks, huddled nervously.

On the other, the three-horned deer stamped and shook their heads.

The deer stabbed up with their forked nose-horns, as if at an invisible enemy only they could
Clan Ground - Chapter OneClan Ground
By Clare Bell

Chapter One

The gathering was to take place in the older part of the meadow, about the flat-topped stone the herders called the sunning rock.  Thakur, the herding teacher for the clan, arrived first.   With a glance over the meadow to see if anyone else was coming, he bunched his hindquarters and leaped up on the gray stone, then stretched out to catch the sun’s last warmth.  Insects droned about his ears and a rock lizard hissed at him for taking the best spot. He flicked his tail at the lizard once, then ignored it.  
Thakur shifted himself in the slight hollow worn by the many who had lain there before hi

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A still frame from a Miocene filming expedition? I wish it was!
Photomorph of white cheetah
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~Dragonfan55 Jun 20, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Wow, beautiful!
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