As i fell to sleep i drifted to the realm of dreams. an event from my youth. My Memory-dream was during one of my earliest camping trips in the woods. I was not but seven winters but i was already the size of a human three years older then myself. My stature mixed with my facial features and green tinted skin revealed my orcish heritage. My long raven black hair was done up in braids in my head. My father was a widowed dwarf who found me amidst a group of slayed barbarians. I had found a small wolf-pup and brought him back to play with. father was angry at me for bringing back such a wild animal. But i just wanted to play with him, i wasnt going to keep him! I was sad and angry that i could not play with my new friend anymore so i picked him up and ran into the woods. I wanted to play, and i wasnt afraid to disobey father. It wasnt like anything could happen. I took him back to the spot i found him and set him down. I played with him so long that the sun had shifted in the sky a great distance. I was not paying attention to the sounds until it was too late, and suddenly i was surrounded by a pack of wolves. I stood up and begun to run, but one of them bit into my thigh and pulled me down. All i could feel was the fangs digging deeper as i screamed as loud as i could. Just when i was getting hoarse and the wolf began to rip my flesh i heard it. My fathers battlecry as my teary eyes saw him stampede towards me, his double-axes swinging. He scared the wolves away. one of the larger wolves picked up the cub and ran off. Father carried me back to camp and tended to my wound. Normally he would have punished me, but he knew my leg was goign to scar and felt that was punishemtn enough as he wrapped it in bandages. As he tended my wounds he spoke softly to me. He explained how the only reason he wouldnt let me play with the cub was because he knew the pack would come looking for it eventually. I realised then he only did it because he was worried about me and loved me just as much as i loved him. We never spoke of the bite, nor did i ever bring stray pups home from the forest ever again.