Whelpy

A small, whelpy moan escaped from her, embarrassing her.

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I was so nervous as I tried to hand-feed him, mixing up his whelpy drink, which has all the nutrients he would get from his mum if he were still nursing, and then trying him on slushy solid foods.

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[…] the way from his breakfast room to Grandmomma's back door but as silverware and a garden spade and whelpy bee bites had not figured into his speculations […]

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Stunning, worst comes to worst Springer'll bind off his whelpy first draft that way.

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