Friend of the Wolf
He was afraid, but he called upon all his courage as a lion would. Then he took a step into the deep forest that was as dark as a starless night. The forest was forbidden to the entire village, but he was curious. Curious like a wolf pup just leaving the den.At first the forest was as quiet as the village during worship time. Instead of relief, the silence brought fear. The fear was clearly visible in his dark brown eyes as his pale skin in the dark night. He heard talk of the dangers of the forest. How whoever went in never came out just as any strangers from the forest were shunned away from the village. He knew the most talked of danger in the forest. The Wolf.
The Wolf, he had been told, was clever as trapped hunter looking for survival. The Wolf was quick as an escaping rabbit and strong as an ox. He had been told to be careful. To stay away from the forest. That if he were ever to go into the forest it was as sure as day that the Wolf would eat him up.
But did he ever listen? No, he always went against the rules like a rebel. So into the forest he went. He went deeper and deeper into the forest until he was sure that he had reached the heart. The center of the darkness. And there he waited, wondering where this all-evil Wolf was.
Out of the darkness came a creature as white as snow. Its features were beautiful as the dogs that lived in the village, but there was a different aura around the creature. An Aura of knowledge and intelligence.
“Who are you?” The creature asked the boy. The creature’s voice was beautiful as a song. Most definitely feminine.
“I-I am Inukai. Are you the Wolf?”
The white creature nodded her head as a human would. “I am the Wolf. Why have you not run and hidden like all the other humans?”
“Should I?” I asked, gaining confidence since I was still alive. I started to wonder what were the facts and what was myth about this mysterious Wolf.
The Wolf now shook her head. “I am not as you humans say I am. I won’t dine on the flesh of a human, to my kind it’s as despicable as eating bugs would be for you humans.”
I smiled lightly. Deep in my heart I knew that the Wolf was indeed kind and generous rather than evil. And I knew, I had a friend in the Wolf.
posted by Larka Hiwatari @ 10:21 AM
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