The Wolf Whisperer: Chapter 1 : The Wolf

As darkness starts to fall on the village, the full moon sets high in the sky. The crickets begin to sing, a grasshopper plays the violin and a owl hoots in tune. A pack of wolves surround the village waiting, staring and mouth watering for food. A wolf howls as a door slowly opens, the light hitting the ground. A young girl slowly walks out, a bag around her shoulder. She walks up to the leader of the pack and whispers something in his ear. The leader growls at his son who is laying down pretending to sleep. The son walks up to the girl and together they head behind the town hall. For a few moments nothing is heard, then the girl and wolf return dragging a deer carcass behind them. The pack quickly run into a circle and the deer carcass is thrown amongst them. The leader of the pack walks up to the carcass; no one dares to move. The leader rips meat from the deer, then howls. The other wolves howl with their leader and run to get the meat. The pack leader pushes an apple towards the girl. The girl grabs the apple and she murmurs a quiet “thank you”, before running back inside her family’s house.

When the wolves are done she walks back outside, the leader of the pack still there watching her. The girl slowly walks up to the wolf, step by step counting each footfall, until she feels the wolf's hot breath. Then it feels like everything has stopped. The wolf gestures with it's head as if to say “Come or go”. The girl says back in a hurried whisper, “Come tomorrow and you’ll get more food and I'll be ready to go”. The wolf nods his head, as if in agreement. The wolf runs off after the pack. When he is out of sight the girl picks up the remains of the deer and forms a hole behind a tree. She hides the bones inside and covers them with the cold dirt. She stamps down the dirt to conceal the bones and when she is done she rushes inside to sleep.