I don't remember how I got that little cut because I don't remember being scratched. As I lay wrapped in my very bright lime green blanket, I realized that I can face a beautiful but deadly beast. My grandmother came into the room and hugged me tightly because she thought I had wandered off onto a neighbor's property and gotten lost in the woods. I didn't tell my grandmother what I had seen because I thought that if I told her I would never be able to go out again. She had asked me why I was lying in the snow with my eyes closed and I told her that I had seen a snow angel go but I got tired of walking. He said I had only been gone maybe ten minutes and I smiled and said yes. This had changed my perception of nature because I thought all animals were cute and I didn't think I could be hurt by any of them. Seeing that cat with that red sticky stuff coming out of his mouth showed me that nature could have hurt me if I hadn't been