Return to Augie Hobble by Lane Smith

Author:Lane Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626720558
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

I drag my sorry self down Pork Avenue. I stop at the third little pig’s house. The house of bricks. I go inside. Dark and safe. I pull the door shut. I put my pan and broom down and crouch, licking at the pop like blood from a wounded paw. A guest peeks in the window and tries the locked door. I back against the wall and into the fake fireplace. There’s a wolf tail dangling from a cauldron. I unhook it. I pin it to the back of my pants. I check myself in the funhouse mirror. I retreat to a dark corner, circle twice, curl into a ball, and close my eyes.

I dream. In my dream as in life I have drawn the short straw. I am not superhero strong. I do not leap through the air and save damsels in distress or conquer bad guys. I do not save my best friend. I am a wolf scavenging for scraps. I am a wolf chasing small mice and voles. I travel in a straight line. I howl at the moon but not in a scary way. Mournful, you would say. I mark my territory with my pee. When I hook up with a pack my wolf self is not that different from my human self. I am timid. I am weak. I am the loner of the group. I do not have a mate. I am not the alpha male. Not even beta. I am the low-ranking omega, the one picked on by the rest of the pack.

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