On cold nights, the wolf-mothers huddled around their pups to keep them warm.

At dawn, the wolf-mother emerged cautiously from the brush to teach her cubs to hunt.

The beekeeper inspected the mother-hives to ensure each had a healthy queen and a strong brood pattern.

The archaeologists visited several mother churches to study the origins of early Christian architecture.

At the club, the bunny mother taught the new hires how to greet guests gracefully and maintain the dress code.

She teaches mother-tongue literature at the community center.

For the baby shower, she ordered three mothering-cakes decorated with pastel frosting.

For Mother's Day she baked a mothering-cake decorated with marzipan balls.

After a long week, she treated herself to a glass of mother's ruin on the porch at sunset.

At dawn, the bunny mothers quietly taught their young how to find food among the clover.