Julie by Jean Craighead George

Author:Jean Craighead George
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Eskimos -- Juvenile fiction, Eskimos -- Fiction, Wolves -- Fiction
ISBN: 0064405737
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1994-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

Julie skinned it and offered her a tasty morsel. Amylicked it, then grabbed it in her sharp teeth andgulped. She came back for more. This time Amytook the bird, which she ate after smashing it, bonesand all, with her small but powerful teeth and jaws.

The little wolf decided one wing was a toy. Sheshook it in Julie's face. When Julie grabbed it, Amypulled it away and ran in circles. Julie tricked her byflashing the calf bone in one hand. Amy dropped thewing for the bone, and Julie got the wing. With thatAmy sat down. She would not play anymore, evenwhen Julie gave her the wing. For the remainder ofthe time the hunters were away, Amy ignored Julie.

"You didn't like that, did you Amy?" Julie said toher. "You don't like to be tricked. I am sorry." Tomake up for her error, Julie offered her a piece ofdried caribou. Amy looked right through it as if itwere not there. She did not even seem to see Julie.Where does the mind of the wolf go at times like these? Juliewondered. Far out on the tundra? Over the river? She didnot know.

The next day Amy was playful again. Whateverhad been in her wolf mind was not there today. Sheleft the adult wolves and romped to Julie, chewed herboot thong, and asked to be scratched and petted.When they were as close as sisters, Julie gently, gently

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picked her up. The pup cuddled. Julie glanced atAaka. She was lying on her side completely uncon-cerned. Julie was overjoyed. She carried Amy down tothe river. Kapu and Zing awoke, stretched, yawned,and shook themselves. After a short howl they trot-ted off to hunt. Aaka went with them, leaving Amy inJulie's arms. Julie was part of the wolf pack.

When the wolves came home, their bellies wererounded with food and they slept for a long time.When they all finally awoke, Kapu inaugurated theleadership ceremony. He did this each wolf morning.He stood above Zing, who lowered his head andlicked Kapus cheeks. Then Kapu mouthed his muz-zle and shook it gently. Aaka approached him, earsdown, head down, and he lifted his head above hers.She licked him under the chin and along his neck totell him he was a fine leader. Kapu, like all wolf lead-ers, needed lots of reassurance from his pack. Havinggotten it, he trotted to the highest point on the em-bankment, poised himself, and howled. Zing andAaka howled. Amy yipped. They sang their music formany minutes. During the concert, the noisy birdsquieted down and the ground squirrels retired totheir elaborate underground tunnels and dens. Whenthey were done, Zing turned to Aaka and seized hermuzzle to tell her he had more status than she did.

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She quickly corrected that.

That evening when the hunters were gone, Julieput Amy in her backpack and carried her along theriverside to find another bird to eat. The wolf pupdid not try to get out of the pack; rather, she peeredaround at the world, seemingly pleased with her highseat. Julie walked a long distance without findinganything and was starting back to the den when aground squirrel dove into one of the many entrancesinto his underground city.

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