Anastasia the little fox

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful fox with auburn fur and eyes of a shifting dark violet hue, named Anastasia. Orphaned at birth, she lost her pack to Human Beings, engaged in one of their bloody wars that had turned the Forest, once peaceful and serene, into a battlefield, razed to the ground in the urgency of battle. The helpless creature, too fragile to escape unscathed, had lost everything.

Discovered on the verge of death by a soldier on patrol, malnourished and frightened, the fox was taken under his protection and brought safely to the nearby Barracks, where he named her Anastasia.

Under the care of the soldier, nurtured with love, the little fox, in need of care, recovered, becoming a beautiful fox, reborn strong and healthy, even though far from her beloved Forest. Never fully understanding the creed of those creatures never satisfied with power and conquests, who with their thunderous guns spread horror and scarcity, burying bombs and fencing every place with barbed wire, tearing up plants and flowers, and contaminating the beautiful River...

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