"Pathetic Wolf"
by
Konatsu

A
s the wolf started talking "Everyone, please be my friends...", all others, the deer and the birds, scattered away.
The wolf , in fact, was the most violent one in the forest until just a while ago. All other wolves were gone, being hunted.
This nimble wolf was left alone.
"O, I want to be a friend of everyone. If I were, I would do anything for them."
After eavesdropping, a talkative jay talked to the animals who resented the wolf.
Oh, my! The animals thought of a mean idea for revenge.
Others like mice, raccoons, and bugs tried to stop them, but the main group members, bears, tigers, and owls would not listen.

The resentful animals went to see the wolf, and said "Be our friend"
"But, you must achieve three things" they added.
One of them was to jump from the Blacky valley, the depth was about 1000 meters, and then to climb out.
Mice who heard the plan, weave a net out of vines from trees and placed it over the Blacky valley. They built a tunnel and stairs, also...
Around noon time, the wolf and other animals came to the top of the valley. The wolf jumped into the Blacky valley.
"--sound of dropping--"
When the resentful animals thought that the wolf was gone, he climbed out of the bottom of the valley. His face was full of mud. They were all very surprised.

The Next day, the animals told him the second challenge.
"Go to Mt. Hishi that is a hundred kilometers from here, gather a thousand nuts that can be found on the top of the mountain, then give each nut to a thousand squirrels who live on Mt. Kashi, which is a hundred kilometers from Mt. Hishi. This should be done in a single day. Please get prepared for tomorrow."
That night, the mice placed a map with lots of short-cuts and a bunch of herbs in front of the wolf's house. They went to Mt. Hishi, gathered a thousand nuts, put them into a bag, went to Mt. Hishi, told a thousand squirrels not to be afraid of the wolf who would come and hand a nut to each of them. The mice said that the wolf was kind.
The next day, the wolf got up early in the morning, and headed to Mt. Hishi, with the map full of short-cuts.
The wolf was stunned when he arrived Mt. Hishi. He saw a bag with "a thousand nuts" written on it, and there were a thousand squirrels who said "We came from Mt. Kashi"
The wolf made his way back in the evening.

Observing this miracle, all the animals were so shocked and they told him the last challenge.
"We are glad to be your friend if you jump like a deer and fly like a bird"
That night, the mice created wings made of feathers taken from all the birds in the forest. They put a potient, that makes your body light like air that was found from a trash can in the human world, on the wings. Then, they attached the wings to his legs.

The next day, the heavy wolf was not heavy, he flew like a bird, and jumped like a deer. The resentful animals burned the wolf's house in the night.
The fire spread to trees and the mountain. They were all on fire. The mean animals were evacuated, but many others were still in danger.
The wolf jumped into the fire, evacuated birds, eggs, squirrels, mice, bear, little baby bears, little baby tigers, and many more.

All of them were saved. The families of the resentful animals were also saved.
However, the wolf passed away. All animals were so sad. Since then, the wolf was named the greatest hero that they could remember.

The End


Story by: Konatsu, age 10


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