He didn't care much for his part time job, which was mucking out the horse stalls on the Lon Lon Ranch. he used to be employed by Talon, who was good to him and gave him frequent breaks, but ever since Talon let Maylon run the place, He had to work under the little brat slave driver who only paid a rupee an hour.
He didn't care for horses either. Since he knew animal tongue, having lived among the wolves most of his life before Nayru found him, the horses loved to bug him by throwing every insult regarding wolves at him. The one horse he despised most was a bold black stallion named Champion. Champion was an obnoxious creature, insisting on bullying Ralph when ever he had gotten the Chance. He was a sweetheart to most people coming to the ranch, but he never cut Ralph any slack. All the other horses on the Ranch, Ralph didn't seem to mind so much. They never really physically hurt him.
"You're Late Again Ralph!" Maylon scolded, flicking Ralph sharply in the nose. He rubbed his nose, shooting a nasty look at Maylon.
"Well excuse me. I had to meet with the Princess today," Maylon shook her finger in front of Ralph's face, not excusing his tardy. She promptly gave Ralph his shovel and pushed him into a stable.
Ralph reluctantly worked for a half hour, until Maylon told him to go clean up the field. He got out into the warm sunlight and crossed the track and into the gaited feild when the horrid smell of manure hit his wolfish nose like a slap to the face. This wasn't everyday dung he was whiffing, this was the kind of dung that came out one sick behind. What was Ralph to do? This was generating income, which he needed to live on, since Nayru wouldn't pay for anything he needed herself. a Rupee an hour was better than nothing, so he had better get cracking.
Just then, he heard a horse whinny and approaching hoof beats again. just as he thought, Link came to show off, coming in like a whirlwind and jumping over every jump in the field before throwing off Ralph's balance into the dung heap.
"Oh Fairy Boy!" Maylon said in a dreamy sigh as she walked up to Link's horse side and gazed at him longingly. Ralph stood, covered in the repulsive brown sludge from head to foot. "Ralph, show a little decency and get your smelly self away in the presence of the Hero of Hyrule!" Maylon stomped over to Ralph, shooing him away in a hurry. "I am dreadfully sorry Fairy Boy, Ralph never has any respect for anyone of higher class." Ralph's emerald eyes shone with anger, as his twice burned hand clenched into a tight fist. He let out a deep growl as he turned away in disgust and left the ranch.
He didn't much care about his lost paycheck for the day. He was, quite plainly, ticked off at everyone who treated him the way he did, with no respect. Ralph came across a spring and washed himself off, well knowing that the smell won't go away, but at least the substance itself was gone, but it still stained his clothes.
He got back home to Nayru's house. Nayru wasn't home, which was better for Ralph. He took off the stained set of clothes and dropped himself onto his bed. The surface of his old wool comforter was itchy and uncomfortable to Ralph's bare, scare-packed back. He pushed the drooping section of hair out of his eye, letting his eye scan the dim room.
He starred at the ceiling for an hour before he heard the door open and shut with a thud. Small shoes clicked across the hard wood floor, carrying a melodious hum. Nayru was home. Ralph quickly pulled on some fresh clothes; Nayru had a bad habbit of not knocking. He walked out to Nayru whith her hands on her hips, casting an evil glare in Ralph's direction.
"And dare I ask WHY you aren't at work now?!" Nayru snarled between gritted teeth. Ralph turned his head, in indifferent anticipation of a slap across the face.
"I can't take it any more. You think you're "helping me", when you are really only destroying me. I was FINE before you picked me up and shoved this lifestyle down my throat!" Nayru got up in Ralph's face, so close her blue hair touched his nose.
"You were willing to suffer there at that girl's orphanage? I'm deathly surprised how you got in there to begin with!" Ralph's eyes rolled to the left, his cheeks burning hot with the most humiliating part of his past. Nayru turned her attention to Ralph's room, and then back at Ralph. "Look, just because you had a bad day doesn't mean a thing. I still want you to go out and earn your keep and not be a lazy Wolf boy, got it?" Nayru left without another word.