12/10/2026
Chapter 2 – The Journey of the Calico Fox
Deeper in the pumpkin field, the little fox leapt paws first into the biggest pile of leaves. When she climbed back onto a pumpkin to rest, she did not notice the old red mask lying in the leaves below, its painted eyes following her every move. Until it rose into the air, and she turned around and screamed.
She ran without looking back and crashed straight into someone striped, who had been sleeping peacefully in the leaves. Not the best way to meet. But it was the start of a friendship.
Together they followed the foxfires through the dusk to a small moonlit shrine. And there, waiting for the moon festival, stood a pyramid of moon dango. For two hungry travellers, it came just in time.
This October I am following one little calico fox through all 31 Inktober prompts. Every Monday I share a new chapter of the story, in ink and in colour.
Days 5–11: Smack, Ogre, Panic, Stinky, Ram, Mystical, Rescue