Wolven Wishes
By ShinobiWolf
The chubby wolf sat on the sidewalk, hungrily watching people pass by with bags of groceries in their arms. It was the middle of the day, and Hige hadn't eaten since breakfast. He drooped his ears. Maybe begging wouldn't work so well after all.
His favorite smell in the whole world drifted to his nose. Yes! There's a meat cart down the street!
Sure enough, amongst a throng of people there was a cart heavily laden with about a dozen different kinds of meat. Hige licked his chops excitedly as he picked out a chain of sausage links. He weaved in and out of the busy shoppers, and before the merchant even realized what was going on, he was down a few sausage links.
Hige ignored the yelling merchant and dashed down the street with his precious earnings. He stopped in an alley to rest, and enjoy his prize that the merchant oh so kindly let him "borrow". Hige dropped the links on the ground, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, the sausage links were… gone?!
A pint-sized pup was making a getaway with his lunch!
Damn! What is it with me and running today?
Hige caught up with the pup in no time. He paused, though, when he saw a little girl pup off in the corner. The little pup whom had taken Hige's lunch(whom was evidently the girl pup's brother) drooped his head.
Gee Mister, I'm sorry I took your lunch. But me and my sister are awful hungry…
Hige was not one to share food. But then again, he had stolen the sausage links in the first place. He tore off two separate links, careful not to mangle them.
The pups were overjoyed at this. While they ate, Hige wondered how such young pups had no fear of the wild scent about him. Young and naïve, I guess. Just like Toboe. Hige pushed that thought aside and eagerly wolfed down his food. (Excuse the pun! I hadn't realized I wrote that…)
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Where are we goin' today, Uncle Hige?
Hige had to laugh to himself. It wasn't often you saw two domestic pups following a grown wolf. Heck, a wolf was an impossible sight in itself… After all, most believed them to be extinct…
But Hige knew that it couldn't last forever. He had a strong feeling that he would be leaving the city soon, and the pups would have a very small chance of surviving in the wild.
Ahead on the road, Hige saw an old farmhouse. Outside on the lawn was a small girl and a german Shepard. The Shepard was happy as he romped around the yard with his young master. When he saw Hige at the edge of the yard, he instinctively stood in front of the girl and lowered his ears, careful to not scare her. Hige nudged the two pups forward. Domestic as he was, the Shepard seemed to get the message. He gingerly picked up the two pups by the scruff of their necks, and dropped them in front of the girl. When he looked back, Hige was already gone.
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