Do Seek Their Meat From God

It was a dark and peaceful night. Over the great pines of an ancient forest revealed the orange disk of a full moon rising. The rays of light from the moon gently lit up the forest, revealing a great panther softly trotting along. In the light the panther seemed almost invisible, a spectral grey color, and he stopped trotting and let out a great roar. The call was to his mate to warn her that the hour had come for hunting their prey. He waited by their den, and another great panther revealed itself, after tending to her young inside of their lair. The two panthers were savage with hunger because of feeding their young, they had not eaten in two days. The pair set off quickly, yet silently, looking for any sign of a meal. After a few minutes of travelling, the panthers heard a faint cry off in the distance, a cry of a young child. The two beasts turned their course to pursue the cries to come upon an easy meal. The cries came from the cabin of a troublesome man. He was rowdy, and always seen at the local tavern getting wasted away, leaving his 7 year old for days at a time alone out in that cabin. The little boys only companion was his neighbour, a small 5 year old boy, who lived in a cabin far away from his. The two would always play together, enjoying many adventures, but tonight while the two were playing, one was unaware of the others departure and went looking for him. His search was unsuccessful as he came upon his cabin and found it empty, when he turned around he noticed darkness had fallen upon him, and he grew lonely and afriad. He crouched in the innermost corner of the cabin, and feeling desparate, called out in hopes of rescue followed by sobbing, which in turn showed no aid. At this time, the father of the 5 year old, a great strong and well respected logger, passed by and heard the calls of his sons playmate. He felt sorry for the boy and suspected his father had yet again left him to get drunk. The logger however disregarded the calls and kept on strolling. After a while, he still heard the calls and could not go further, he felt he must helpm the boy because he sounded scared. Now the panthers were almost upon the cabin, drawing nearer and nearer, they would go throught the broken door and receive their prize. As soon as the panthers were on the doorstep, the logger thanked the heavens he came, and drew his rifle and fired. The bullet hit its mark, downing and killing the female, and the male filled with rage sprinted to the logger. The man got only one shot in before the panther pounced, and it hit it right in the chest. The panther sank its teeth straight into the loggers shoulders, but the strong man drove his fingers deep into its neck, and soon the beast went limp; the bullet had worked in time. The logger quickly ran into to check on the little boy and told him he could live with him if his parents did not want him. As soon as the boy saw him, he ran right up to him and shouted "Daddy! Daddy! I knew you would come!" The logger held the trembling boy and remembered how he almost disregarded his cries for help, and great beads of sweat broke out upon his forehead.