Chapter 3 unshakable wolf

unshakable wolf The wolf hid outside the fence, peered patiently around the house, and finally saw the parents of the children coming out of the kitchen.They walked to the door of the room and gave a final warning: "Remember, no matter begging or threatening you, don't open the door. We will come back when it gets dark." The wolf watched the children's caress go away, turned a corner in the path ahead, then limped on one leg, and walked around the house, but the front and rear doors were tightly closed.He has no hope for the pigs and cows here.These guys are too stupid to listen to his sweet words and agree to let him eat them.So the wolf stopped in front of the kitchen, put his paws on the window sill, and looked into the house.

Delfina and Marinette were playing bone crutches in front of the stove.Marinette, the youngest and the yellowest, said to her sister Telfina: "There's only two of us left. It's no fun to play. You can't even dance the round dance." "Really, you can't play hoops, and you can't play high fives." "You can't play the ring game, and you can't play the sick carrot." "You can't play marry a bride, and you can't throw a ball." "But, what could be more interesting than playing hoops and high fives?" "Oh! If only there were three..."

As the Little Sister had her back to him, the Wolf bumped his nose against the glass, that he might be heard here.The little sister put down the crutches and walked to the window hand in hand. "Good day," said the Wolf, "it's not warm outside. It's cold enough, you know." The blond sister giggled, because she saw that he had pointed ears and a tuft of hair standing on top of his head, and he looked weird.However, Telfina was not mistaken, she squeezed her sister's hand tightly and whispered: "It's a wolf." "Wolf? Then we have to be afraid?" Marinette asked.

"Of course I'm scared." The two little sisters hugged each other tremblingly, their blond hair was also mixed together, whispering to each other.The wolf had to admit that he had traveled all over the woods and plains, but he had never seen such a beautiful person before, and he couldn't help being deeply moved. "Hey, what's the matter with me, why are my legs shaking?" the wolf thought to himself. He racked his brains to understand that he had suddenly become kind.Now he is very kind and gentle, and he will never eat children again. Like a good man, the wolf turned his head to the left and said in an extremely gentle voice:

"I'm cold all over, and I have a sore foot. But, more than anything, I've become kind. If you'll open the door for me, I'll go in and warm myself by the fire, and we can stay in the afternoon." Together." The little sisters looked at each other, a little surprised.They never thought a wolf could have such a gentle voice.The blond sister was relieved, and nodded to him friendly; but Telfina was not so easily dizzy, she calmed down quickly, and said to the wolf: "Go away, you are a wolf." "You will understand," added Marinette, smiling, "that it is not to drive you away, but papa and mama won't let us open the door, whether begged or threatened."

Hearing this, the wolf sighed deeply, and his two pointed ears hung down on both sides of his head.You could tell he was sad. "You also know," said the wolf, "that the people tell many stories about wolves, and you can't believe them all. Actually, I'm not evil at all." He sighed deeply again, moving Marinette to tears. The little sisters knew that the wolf was cold all over and one paw was still hurting, and they felt very sorry.The blond sister bit her ear to her older sister, and at the same time winked at the wolf to let him know that she was speaking for him.Telfina is still thinking about it, and she refuses to make a decision lightly.

"He's quite nice," she said, "but don't believe that. Just think of "The Wolf and the Lamb." . . . The lamb didn't mess with the wolf." The wolf tried his best to defend himself, saying that he had a good heart, but Telfina rebuked him: "What do you say about the little lamb? ... Yes, what about the little lamb you ate?" The wolf was not dumbfounded by the question. "Which one is the lamb I ate?" said the wolf. He said this very calmly, as if he were saying something very ordinary and natural, and the innocent look and tone of his voice really sent shivers down the spine.

"What? You ate too many of them!" Telfina said loudly, "Hmph! How interesting!" "Of course I ate a lot of sheep. I don't see any fault... And you, you didn't eat less!" There is no way to refute this.Just today for lunch, the family ate leg of lamb. "Forget it," said the Wolf again, "you see, I am not evil. Open the door for me, and sit down round the fire, and I will tell you stories. I wander in the woods, and I run across the plains It's been a long time, you think, how many stories will I have in my stomach. Just tell what happened to the three hares that day, and it will surely make you laugh."

The little sisters discussed in low voices for a while.The blond sister insisted on opening the door to the wolf immediately.One of the wolf's paws was injured, and he was shivering in the cold wind, so he couldn't stand by and watch.However, Telfina was still full of doubts. "Anyway, you won't reproach him for eating the lamb," said Marinette. "He can't wait to die of starvation!" "Then he will be full after eating potatoes." Telfina retorted. Marinette urged again and again, tried her best to intercede for the wolf, her voice was very excited, and tears filled her eyes, her sister was finally moved.Telfina was already walking towards the door.Suddenly, she laughed, changed her mind, and said to the stunned Marinette:

"Still can't open the door, it's too stupid to do so." Telfina stared at the wolf face to face, and asked again: "Hey, Wolf, I forgot about Little Red Riding Hood just now. Let's talk about Little Red Riding Hood, shall we?" The wolf knew he was wrong, so he lowered his head.He hadn't expected to mention Little Red Riding Hood.He could be heard sniffling outside the window. "It is true," admitted the Wolf, "that I ate Little Red Riding Hood. But, I assure you, I am very sorry. If I could start over..." "Yes, yes, anyone would say that."

The wolf beat his heart hard.His bass is very pleasant. "I swear, I'd rather starve to death than eat Little Red Riding Hood if I could make it from scratch." "You ate it anyway," sighed the blond sister. "I didn't say that," admitted the wolf, "I ate her. There is no doubt about it. But it was a youthful mistake, and it's been a long time ago, isn't it? All sins in the world should be forgiven... Besides, I'm afraid you don't know how many lies the people have created for me just because of that little girl! By the way, they even said that I ate the old grandmother first, it's nothing to do, it's not right at all." Speaking of this, the wolf couldn't help but sneered, probably without realizing it himself. "Please think about it! There is a young girl with delicate skin and tender meat waiting for me for lunch, and she still eats that old woman! I'm not that stupid..." Recalling that delicious meal of fresh meat, the wolf couldn't help licking his lips several times with his big tongue, revealing his long and sharp teeth, which made the little sisters feel even more worried. "Wolf," Delfina snapped, "you're a liar! If you were as contrite as you say, you wouldn't be licking your lips like this!" The wolf couldn't help licking his lips when he thought of the chubby little girl who melted in his mouth. He really felt very ashamed.But at this moment, he felt that he was very kind and honest, so he didn't want to doubt himself anymore. "Excuse me," he said, "it's a bad habit I've had in my family, but it doesn't mean anything..." "You deserve a bad family education." Telfina said solemnly. "Don't say that, I regret it very much." The wolf said with a sigh. "Eating little girls, is this also a family habit? You know, you promise never to eat children again, just like Marinette promised never to eat cakes again." Marinette blushed, and the wolf tried to explain: "I'm not swearing to you..." "Don't go on talking, you can go, you will warm up after running." Seeing that they refused to believe that he was kind, the wolf couldn't help getting angry. "That's a bit too much," cried the wolf. "The voice of the truth is always deaf to the people. It makes it no fun to be an honest man. I say, people have no right to pour cold water on sincere people like you. As it is." Said, once I eat children again, it will be all your fault." The little sisters could not but feel uneasy at the thought of taking on such a great responsibility, which they might later regret.However, the wolf's trembling ears were so sharp, its gleaming eyes were so fierce, and its sharp teeth were exposed between its curled lips, the little sisters were too frightened to move. A wolf understands that it won't be cheap to use threats.He begged pardon for his outburst, and changed to a pleading tone.As he spoke, his eyes became gentle, and his ears drooped; his nose was pressed against the glass window, and his mouth was flattened, looking as gentle as the face of a cow. "You see, he's not vicious," said the blond sister. "Maybe, maybe." Delfina replied. The wolf made a begging tone, and Marinette couldn't bear it anymore, and walked towards the door.Terfina was terrified, and quickly grabbed a lock of her sister's hair.So the little sisters slapped each other.The Wolf was anxious outside the window, and said he would rather go away than start a quarrel between them, for he had never seen such a fair-haired little girl as they were.As soon as he said he would leave, he left the window and walked away crying bitterly. "What a misfortune," he thought, "that I am so kind and gentle...and they don't want to be nice to me. If I had made friends, I could have been kinder and wouldn't even eat lamb anymore." At this moment, Telfina watched the wolf go, and saw him walking on three paws, shaking from cold and sorrow.Regretful and pitiful, she cried from the window: "Wolf! We are not afraid anymore... Come and get warm!" The blond sister had already opened the door and ran to meet the wolf. "My God!" sighed the Wolf, "how nice it is to sit by the fire. Really, there's nothing like home life. I've always thought so." The wolf's wet eyes were shining softly, watching the little sister standing timidly aside.He licked the sore paw, roasted the belly and the back on the fire, and then began to tell the story.The little sisters leaned forward and listened to his story of the fox, the squirrel, the mole, and the adventures of the three hares.Some adventures were so interesting that the wolf had to repeat them two or three times. Marinette had already put her arms around this friend's neck, pulled his pointed ears to play with, and stroked his fur.It took a little longer for Telfina to get used to it; when she was playing a game, she put her little hand into the wolf's mouth for the first time, and couldn't help pointing out: "Oh! How big your teeth are!" The wolf looked very embarrassed, and Marinette quickly put her arms around his head to cover him. The wolf was also very knowledgeable, growling with hunger, but didn't say a word. "It's hard to believe that I have such a good heart." The wolf thought happily. He told many stories, and then the little sisters proposed to play with him. "Play?" said the wolf, "but I can't play games." After a short time, he learned the hand-to-hand game, the circle game, the high-five and the sick carrot game.He sang a few passages of "Brother Guieri" and "The Watchtower" in a very nice bass.There was a riot in the kitchen, shoving, shouting, laughing, and chairs bumping into each other.The three friends don't need to be called "you", and they are free from each other, as if they knew each other from birth. "Wolf, you met it!" "No, it's you! You moved, she moved!" "Vouch for the wolf!" The wolf had never laughed so heartily in his life, his jaw almost dropped. "I never thought that making games would be so interesting. It's a pity that I can't play games like this every day!" "Well, Wolf, you will come later," replied the little sisters. "Every Thursday afternoon, father and mother always go out. You aim to knock on the glass window as soon as they go away." Finally, everyone played horse riding again.This game is really exciting.The wolf was a horse, and the blond sister rode on his back. Telfina held his tail and drove him to run desperately among the chairs.The wolf grinned to the ears, with its tongue hanging down, running and laughing, panting, and sometimes begging for a rest. "Pause!" he said out of breath, "let me finish laughing...I can't take it anymore...Oh, no, let me laugh enough first!" So Marinette jumped off her horse.Telfina let go of the wolf's tail and sat down on the ground, and everyone burst out laughing. In the evening, the happy game was over, and it was time for the wolf to go.The little sisters were almost in tears, and the fair-haired sister begged: "Wolf, stay here with us, let's play again. Mom and Dad won't say anything, if you don't believe me, just wait and see..." "Oh, no!" said the Wolf. "Papa and Mama, they are too sensible to understand that wolves can be kind. Papa and Mama, I understand them." "Yes," agreed Delfina, "stop dawdling. I'm really worried that something will happen to you." The three friends made an appointment to meet next Thursday, and they were reluctant to let go, and they made promises again and again.Finally, the blond sister tied a blue ribbon around the wolf's neck, and the wolf left and ran into the wilderness and into the woods. His paw was still sore, but thinking that next Thursday, he would be back with the two little girls again, he hummed a little tune, not caring how angry the crow was dozing on the branch. Mom and Dad came home and sniffed as soon as they stepped into the kitchen. "We smell like wolves here," they said. The little sisters had no choice but to lie, pretend to be surprised, and receive wolf children behind their backs, which is probably what they all do. "How can you smell wolves?" Delfina retorted, "If wolves came into the kitchen, they would have eaten us both." "It's true, I didn't think of it," agreed her father. "If there were wolves, they would have eaten you." However, the blond sister couldn't tell two lies in a row. She was very angry when her father dared to say wolf like this, so she stomped her feet and said: "It's not that kind of thing. Wolves don't eat children, so it's not right to say he's vicious. There's evidence..." Fortunately, Telfina kicked her calf, otherwise, she would have told the whole story. Dad took the opportunity to talk a lot, mainly about how wolves are greedy.Mother didn't miss this opportunity, and wanted to tell what happened to Little Red Riding Hood again, but she was interrupted by Marinette just after she said a few words. "You know, mother, it didn't turn out the way you thought it would. The wolf didn't eat the old woman. Think about it, a little girl with delicate skin and tender meat is going to be eaten for lunch, and he will never eat her stomach first." full." "Also," Delfina added, "you can't hate wolves forever..." "It's a long time ago..." "A mistake made in youth..." "All sins in the world should be forgiven." "Wolves are not what they used to be." "There is no right to pour cold water on people who are sincere." Mom and Dad couldn't believe their ears. Dad interrupted this exasperating defense, saying his daughter was wild.Then, he gave a few well-chosen examples, trying to explain that wolves are always wolves, and it is totally unreasonable to hope to see wolves become better. If one day, wolves put on a kind face like an animal, it will be even more dangerous. While Dad was talking, the little sisters recalled the scene of playing with the wolf in the afternoon: the horse riding and high-fiving games were so lively, the wolf was so happy, he grinned and was out of breath. "Obviously," concluded Papa, "you've never had anything to do with wolves. . . . " Here, the blond sister elbowed her older sister, and the two giggled at Dad.In order to punish this impudent behavior, they were sent to bed without supper, but long after they were put to bed, the little sister still laughed at the naivety of parents. In the next few days, the little sisters looked forward to seeing their friends again, so they imagined playing a game of wolf, firstly to avoid anxiety, and secondly to laugh at it; this game would inevitably annoy their mother.The blond sister sings the fixed lyrics in two notes: "Let's take a walk along the woods while the wolf is gone. Wolf are you there? Do you hear me? What are you doing?" Telfina hid under the dining table and replied, "I'm wearing a shirt." Marinette wanted to ask the question again and again, and the wolf was dressed one by one from wearing socks to stepping on the machete.Then the wolf pounced on her and swallowed her. All the fun of this game is in the unexpected appearance of the wolf, who often comes out of the woods before he is fully clothed.Sometimes, wearing only his shirt or a hat, he would pounce on his victims. Mom and Dad don't think this kind of game is so interesting. They always sing these two lines, and they get tired of hearing it.On the third day, the daughter was not allowed to play anymore on the pretext that her ears were deaf.The little sisters naturally didn't want to play other games, so until the day of the date, a house was deserted. The whole morning the wolf spent washing his mouth, polishing his fur, and fluffing the fur around his neck.He was so well dressed that the neighbors in the woods passed him by without recognizing him at first sight.When he was out on the plain, two crows, like almost all crows that have had lunch, gaped in the noonday sun, and they asked the wolf why he was so beautifully dressed. "I'm going to see my girlfriend," Wolf replied triumphantly, "They have an appointment with me, and we will meet after noon." "They must be very good-looking, otherwise why would they be so well-dressed?" "I suppose so! You won't find any Goldilocks like them in all this plain." Now, the crow was dumbfounded in admiration, but an old magpie who loves to chatter heard this passage, and couldn't help but mockingly said: "Wolf, I don't know your girlfriend, but I'm sure, you must pick thick and tender meat...or I'm talking nonsense." "Shut up, you gossip!" cried the wolf angrily. "Old magpie loves to gossip, that's why you have such a reputation. Fortunately, I have a clear conscience!" When the wolf came to the house, there was no need to put his nose against the window. The little sisters were waiting for him at the door.They hugged for a long time, even more affectionate than last time, because they didn't see each other for a week, and the friends missed each other very much. "Alas! Wolf," said the fair-haired sister, "it's been such a deserted house this week. We've been talking about you all day long." "I'll tell you, wolf, you're right: our parents just don't believe you're kind." "I'm not surprised. Let me tell you, an old magpie just now..." "But, Wolf, we will defend you firmly, and father and mother will send us to bed without even giving us supper." "We're not allowed to play wolf games on Sunday." The three friends had a lot to talk about, so instead of playing games, they sat down by the stove.The wolf simply didn't know where to start.The little sisters want to know all the things he has done this week, and ask him if he is cold, if his claws are healed, and if he has met foxes, woodcocks, and wild boars. "Wolf," said Marinette, "when the spring comes, you will take us to the woods, a long way, to a place where there are all kinds of animals. If we go with you, we will not be afraid." "In spring, my little girl, you don't have to be afraid of anything in the woods. From now until then, I will persuade my friends in the woods, so that the most vicious ones will be as gentle as little girls. That's right. , just the day before yesterday, I met a fox, and I heard him say that he slaughtered a brood of chickens, so I told him that he couldn’t go on like this, and that he had to change his way of life. I taught him a lesson! He’s usually so cunning, you guys Do you know how he answered me? He said, "Wolf, I'd love to learn from you. Let's talk again in a while. Let me judge all your good deeds, and I will correct them in time." Don't think he is a fox. , but he answered me in the same way." "Your heart is too kind." Telfina murmured. "Oh! yes, I have a good heart, that cannot be denied. But what? Your parents will never believe it. It makes me sad to think of it." Marinette proposed a game of horse-riding as a way to relieve this melancholy thought.The Wolves played harder than they did last Thursday.After finishing the horse riding game, Telfina asked: "Wolf, how about a game of wolf?" It was the first time he had heard of the game, so the little sisters explained the rules to him, and he played the wolf of course.When he hid under the table, the little sisters walked up and down in front of him, singing these words over and over again: "Let's take a walk along the woods while the wolf is gone. Wolf are you there? Do you hear me? What are you doing?" The wolf laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up, he replied in a choked voice: "I'm wearing pants." He kept laughing, said he was wearing shorts, then said he was wearing suspenders, a fake collar, and a tank top.He stopped smiling when he put on his boots. "I'm buckling my belt," said the wolf, and gave a dry laugh.He felt embarrassed, his throat tightened with anxiety, and he scratched the tiles of the kitchen floor with his claws. In front of his bright eyes, the legs of the little sisters moved back and forth.A shudder ran down his spine, and his lips tightened. "...Wolf are you there? Do you hear me coming? What are you doing?" "I'm taking a big knife!" He said hoarsely, only feeling that his mind was in a mess.He was sniffing, but he couldn't see the little girl's legs. "...Wolf are you there? Do you hear me? What are you doing?" "I mount my horse and run out of the woods!" At this time, the wolf roared and rushed out from the hiding place. He opened his bloody mouth and stretched out sharp claws.Before the little sisters had time to be afraid, they were swallowed.Fortunately, the wolf can't open the door, so it can't get out of the circle in the kitchen.When the parents returned home, they only had to cut open the wolf's belly to save their two daughters.However, this isn't a game after all. Telfina and Marinette blamed the wolf for being so rude, and swallowed them all in one gulp.But, thinking of how happy they were to play with the wolf, they begged their parents to let the wolf go.Mom and Dad used a big needle for sewing quilts and two meters of thick rope with grease to sew the wolf's belly firmly.Seeing the pain of the wolf, the little sisters shed tears, but the wolf held back the tears and said: "I asked for this. Alas, you are so kind and pity me. I swear to you, no one will see me so greedy in the future. First of all, as soon as I saw the child, I simply ran away." Everyone thought the wolf had kept his promise.In any case, since the incident with Delfina and Marinette, the wolf was never heard of eating little girls again.