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Show DAQBY'3 OS EVEilIMG fairytaleIi- "Mary Graham Bonner THE WOLVES It was very wild and lonely In the dark woods where Johnnie Wolf and his family lived. Eut he was a home body and liked to be alone with his family. The people In the nearest village had heard that a family of wolves lived in the forest, so do you blame them for not going there? They used to be a little afraid that the wolves would plunder their village at night. They were afraid of their sheep. Newcomers to the village used to be particularly frightened that this might happen. They would be assured by the villagers vil-lagers that such a thing never had jjWl 'fi&Tvii'x Having a Little Chat. happened, and yet all were afraid of this. The wolves were perfectly satisfied with the woods and had no desire to leave. They could get all they wanted to eat there, and really they thought that people were not at all nice. They were afraid of them. Some of their relatives who had ventured for sheep at other places had met with sad ends. Then Johnnie Wolf had told the others how his great-aunt had been taken by some traveling men and sent to spend the rest of her life In a zoo. They all dreaded a similar fate for themselves, and so they really were very much afraid of people. Now one of the newcomers in the village said that he didn't believe that there were wolves in the woods. He said that he had never heard of wolves living near a village and not going to It at night to steal. You see. he didn't know the reasons rea-sons the wolves had for not going to the village. He then decided that he would go and find out for himself. The people all told him how foolish he was, but he insisted, and off he went. He took a hag with food In It He meant to fling it at any wolves he might see srf they would not touch him. But he really didn't think that he would see any. He had not gone very far, however, when he heard really frightful sounds. It was merely that the wolves were having a little chat together, but to the man It sounded very fearful, and he wished with all his soul that he had taken the advice of the people In the village. The wolves suddenly spied him. They all put their paws over their eyes so they could see the Intruder better. The man looked at them with a fixed gaze, by which wild animals are always supposed to be fascinated. Then he dropped his hag of food and (led through the woods to the village, vil-lage, shouting : "There are wolves!" And the wolves howled to themselves them-selves happily, and said to one another: an-other: "Saved once again from a zoo and ,i captive life." |
