Wolf Story by William McCleery

Author:William McCleery [McCleery, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-59017-704-4
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2012-11-15T08:00:00+00:00

“He took a compass to find the wolf with,” said Michael.

“And a ball bat to hit him with,” said Stefan.

“No, the compass was to find his way home,” said Michael’s father, “in case he got lost. Anyway, Jimmy went bravely into the forest. He walked and he walked and he walked. Very quietly. He thought of calling Rainbow, but decided not to.”

“The wolf might hear him,” said Michael.

“And eat Rainbow,” said Stefan.

“That’s right. So he went quietly. And every few minutes he would stop and listen. He would turn his head slowly and listen very hard in every direction.”

“Like this,” said Michael. He turned his head slowly from side to side.

“Yes. Do you know what he was listening for?” said Michael’s father.

“Clucking!” cried the boys.

“Yes. For a long time he heard nothing but the wind sighing in the pine trees and the birds chirping. And then, after a while, very faintly, far away, he heard it. ‘Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck. Cluck, cluck, cluck.’ Rainbow! He turned his head this way and that way trying to decide where the clucking came from, and then he set off in what he thought was the right direction.”

“As fast as his legs would carry him,” said Michael.

“But quietly,” said his father, “so as not to alarm the wolf. But to his great disappointment the clucking grew fainter instead of louder. Why was that?”

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