Author's note: My first fanfic of 2013! If you're not familiar with this character, Loopy De Loop was a wolf who always strived to do good deeds. However, he lives in a world where wolves have a bad reputation, so people see Loopy as a troublemaker or a threat due to him being a wolf, while the other wolves consider him an embarrassment. In the cartoons, Loopy spoke with a French-Canadian accent; I've tried to show this here, but I'm not great at phonetically writing accents out, so sorry if I mangle his dialogue up.
Loopy De Loop © Hanna-Barbera. All other characters are mine (any resemblance to any real person(s) is entirely coincidental).
A young woman sat down on the settee in her living room and stretched out. She had been busy all morning, but everything she'd had to do was now done. Now she had the rest of the day free to herself, and all she wanted to do was unwind. She smiled as she picked a book up from the coffee table and began to read from chapter ten. What a nice, relaxing way to spend the afternoon.
Unbeknownst to her, a large, fat, hairy spider was scuttling across the carpet. It eyed the woman and began heading towards her. The spider had decided to scare this human, and by golly was it going to give her the fright of her life. The spider readied its fangs and made a face to make itself look even more frightening. The spider crept up to the woman's feet and prodded one of them with its two front legs.
The woman felt something prodding her foot, and she lowered the book to see what it was. A huge spider was staring up at her, and it was grinning evilly.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!"
With that, the woman shot up into the air and ran, throwing her book aside. She skedaddled around the living room, not once taking her eyes off the spider. It wasn't like she could just chuck the spider our or swat it; all she could think to do was run away from it…or run around it. If she ran out the room, the spider was sure to follow her or hide elsewhere in the house and keep her in constant worry and dread. The spider chuckled, knowing it had done its job of scaring her. It watched the woman as she ran frantically around with her hands in the air.
"HELP! A SPIDER! EEEKKK!"
At that moment, Loopy De Loop, the good wolf, was walking past the house. He suddenly heard what sounded like screaming, and he stopped in his tracks to listen.
"A SPIDER! SOMEBODY SAVE ME!"
"Oh no, a lady ees een distress!" Loopy gasped. "I weel go and save her from her peril, for I am Loopy De Loop, ze helpful, courageous and charming wolf. Then, maybe people weel see zat not all wolves are bad," he said with a hopeful grin. He headed down the garden path towards the front door.
The woman heard a knock at the front door, and she rushed to answer it. She opened the door to find a large wolf standing there. The wolf had brown fur and was wearing a yellow hat and scarf, and it put its left paw behind its back and leaned forward as if bowing in a gentlemanly fashion.
"Ah, bonjour, arachnophobic-type madame! I happened to be passing by when I heard you call for help. There ees no need to worry, because I, Loopy De Loop, ze kind, generous, charming wolf, weel get rid of zee nasty creepy-crawly for you!"
The offer of help didn't seem to register for the woman at first. She just stood there as Loopy spoke to her. After he finished speaking, she finally responded.
"A WOLF! TRESSPASSING! EEEEEKKKK! HELP!"
Loopy put his paws up and grinned sheepishly. "Madame, I theenk you are mistaken een a way. I am indeed a wolf, but I am not trespassing. I am Loopy De Loop, ze good wolf, and I am here to help you, yes?"
"No!"
The woman reached for a broom that conveniently happened to be placed against the wall. She held the broom up above her and brought it down onto Loopy's head with a thwack!
"That that, you no-good wolf!"
Thwack!
"And that!"
Thwack!
"And that!"
The spider scuttled into the hallway, curious about what was happening. At the sight of the wolf, the spider screamed and grabbed onto the woman's leg for comfort.
Loopy was now lying on the ground, his eyes tightly shut as if expecting another hit, and his yellow hat flattened across the top of his head. He opened his eyes and quickly readjusted his hat. He could practically see the stars dancing around his head. Loopy shook his head and caught sight of the frightened spider before looking up at the woman, who was standing menacingly in front of him with the broom at the ready.
"But madame, the spider…" Loopy began.
"Forget the spider!" the woman interrupted. There was no point in trying to reason with her. "I'd take the spider any day! Look – you're scaring the poor creature. What did it ever do to you?"
Loopy cast a glum look to the spider. In return, the spider looked away and shivered. The woman held the broom up above her shoulders and swung it like a golf club. The broom made contact with Loopy's nose, sending him careering along the garden path and across the road.
"Now beat it! And don't ever come back!" the woman yelled as she watched the wolf slide away. She slammed the door shut.
Awhile later and Loopy was wandering through a park in the city, listening to the wildlife around him.
"Ah, listen to ze little birds tweeting to each other," Loopy said with a smile. "Eet ees a happy day for ze world, but eet ees a sad life for ze good wolf." His smile drooped. "I strive to do ze good deeds, but even when I offer to help people, zey run away from me because zey theenk I am not ze good wolf. Thees ees what my life conseests of." Loopy sighed to himself. "I need to prove zat not all wolves are bad, but nothing I try convinces people. What else can I do? I must theenk of something."
As he thought, he caught sight of the city museum through the park gates. The museum was a huge, extravagant building made of the finest sandstone and with a domed roof. There were many windows on the museum, all of them gleaming in the sunlight. Several people were walking up and down a flight of stone steps that led up to the main door.
Loopy's eyes lit up. "Ah, but of course! What better place to get eenspiration of ze good deeds than ze past achievements of man!"