Epilogue (written on August 25th, 2020)
"Wow, I didn't know a storm could get that bad," said Stinky. "Loretta and Spade, rest in peace."
"You were brave too, Mom," said Runt.
"Clearly, you didn't get the future you were anticipating," said Claudette, gesturing to herself and her siblings.
"No," Kate replied. "I got something much better!" The tan she-wolf giggled before hugging all of her pups.
"Are you guys, hungry?" asked her mate as he entered the den. "Nars is going to hunt some caribou." Humphrey had been gone while Kate was telling her story.
"Wait, wait, wait!" said Claudette. "How did you two fall in love?!" Kate tilted her head sideways.
"Claudette, do we really need to talk about that now? Maybe at a later date..."
"I wanna know!" said Runt, growing excited. "At the end of this last story, you wanted to forget Dad. How did you get from there to loving him more than a friend?"
"I heard you guys were taken far away by humans so you could repopulate," said Stinky.
"Repopulate?!" Humphrey exclaimed. "Watch your language, Stinky! You must have been hanging out with Paddy and Marcel, haven't you?"
"Please, tell us what happened!" their daughter urged.
"Alright, alright... One last story before we eat, okay?"
"Yes, Mom," they replied.
"Well, I guess the story should begin with you, Humphrey. Care to start us off?"
Humphrey shrugged his shoulders, smirked, and sat down in the den.
"So it's the first day of spring, more than two years ago. I just graduated Omega School and I wanted to celebrate by logboarding with Mooch, Salty, and Shakey. By this point, we were really skilled at it, and things were going swimmingly. I remember going down the hill and Salty saying, 'I think I taste the wind! Nah, it's a bug.' Soon after he said that we approached a ledge and made sure to tell Mooch to lower the boom. We thankfully averted that obstacle, but our good feelings were cut short when a boulder came directly into our view ahead..."
The end...
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