Chapter Two
Friends
"You look a bit down, Sneatch. Did the mutts get to you again?"
"Somethin' like that," Sneatch grumbled in return to his old friends question.
"Here, eat this," he said, offering a chunk of unidentifiable meat.
"No, thanks, Murf. I'm not hungry."
"Oh, c'mon! You gotta eat something!" Murf complained.
"I'm not hungry!" Sneatch snapped, smacking the offering hand away and walking off.
"Gee," Murf mumbled, "Someone's grumpy..." He shrugged, and ate the food himself.
He just doesn't get it, Sneatch thought as he dug his way through a trashcan in the next alley, I don't want the damn meat! He pulled out a half-rotten head of cabbage and gnawed on it, sighing.
"Hey, there, boy," a calm voice came, making the wolf turn his head with a start, "It's okay, I ain't gonna hurt you!"
What's a girl like that doing in a dump like this? he asked himself, standing slowly and going over to sniff the girl's outstretched hand. She smells all right, I guess...
"Lila! Get away from that! You don't know where it's been!" a man's voice called.
Sneatch licked her hand, and she walked away. He whimpered and went back to his cabbage.
"Ah, love. Ain't it sweet?"
Sneatch groaned, and slunk into the over-turned trash.
"Hey, Sneatch! No use hiding," Murf said, dragging him out by his tail.
"Go away... I don't wanna talk to you right now."
"Oh, gee. I'm sorry. But if you ever have any girl problems you'd like worked out, you'll know where to find me," he said with a wink.
Lila...Sneatch mused, What a lovely name.
Friends
"You look a bit down, Sneatch. Did the mutts get to you again?"
"Somethin' like that," Sneatch grumbled in return to his old friends question.
"Here, eat this," he said, offering a chunk of unidentifiable meat.
"No, thanks, Murf. I'm not hungry."
"Oh, c'mon! You gotta eat something!" Murf complained.
"I'm not hungry!" Sneatch snapped, smacking the offering hand away and walking off.
"Gee," Murf mumbled, "Someone's grumpy..." He shrugged, and ate the food himself.
He just doesn't get it, Sneatch thought as he dug his way through a trashcan in the next alley, I don't want the damn meat! He pulled out a half-rotten head of cabbage and gnawed on it, sighing.
"Hey, there, boy," a calm voice came, making the wolf turn his head with a start, "It's okay, I ain't gonna hurt you!"
What's a girl like that doing in a dump like this? he asked himself, standing slowly and going over to sniff the girl's outstretched hand. She smells all right, I guess...
"Lila! Get away from that! You don't know where it's been!" a man's voice called.
Sneatch licked her hand, and she walked away. He whimpered and went back to his cabbage.
"Ah, love. Ain't it sweet?"
Sneatch groaned, and slunk into the over-turned trash.
"Hey, Sneatch! No use hiding," Murf said, dragging him out by his tail.
"Go away... I don't wanna talk to you right now."
"Oh, gee. I'm sorry. But if you ever have any girl problems you'd like worked out, you'll know where to find me," he said with a wink.
Lila...Sneatch mused, What a lovely name.