Go wild with the wild

                                   Go wild with the wild(23----24)

                                       --------Jesse(original)

                                       (23)

                             A journey home

        They returned to the cave in silence.

        The whole night was a long one, which made the she-wolf sleepless and nervous. What would I do with Purple? Leaving her as she was? Or some way else?

        Toward dawn, the snow ceased. The she-wolf woke up all her children. Then she found the bundle and tricked Purple into it, then she packed it as if a mother was packing her bundle. Even the she-wolf wondered whether she could get Purple into the bundle and tied it up. Finally she made it. In fact she only randomly coiled it up, and thus Purple was trapped in.

        The she-wolf hang it with her mouth, and then she asked Green and Yellow to follow her. Purple was first in the bundle, and she struggled in vain, hoping to get out of the awsome position. For her, the bundle was nothing but a trap. How did Purple know that it was once her craddle, which was carefully tied up by her own mother? Did she feel the scent of her mother? Did she smell the smell of her mother?

        The she-wolf ignored her, taking no notice of her oppositon. Gradually Purple was tired from it, and she fell asleep. Perhaps the true craddle was for better or worse to make a baby sleep.

        Now the whole family was on the way. Where were they going? Neither of the two cubs knew except the she-wolf.

        They walked along the bottom of the valley, about a mile, and then waded across a brook to its left bank, and continued their journey.

        Another a mile of grasslands, they saw a little forest, not far from which there were several houses, yet no sheep flocks. There were fields all around the houses.

        On the border of the grasslands, only half-farmers and half mechants had houses. Most of the year the owners carried salt and tea to the grasslands herdsmen, and at the rest of the time, they planted millets, or cereals. They hunted once in a while for a change.

        The she-wolf had known the place since she, herself, was a cub. At that time, she and her mother retreated from a night raid, and happened to pass by. She learned the forest by heart. Of course, she and her mother never made any trouble to the farmers. It was several days ago that she caught sight a middle-aged man, keeping guard. At the first sight she knew he was kind and cheerful and warmhearted. How ideal! The she-wolf made her mind to fulfill what she had planned.

        How could she make Purple ready to stay, instead of following her back to the cave, if she took Purple here and urged her to settle here? The she-wolf tried all her best to find a solution or an excuse.

        Purple was cute and understood well. Would she find the true aim of the jourey? The she-wolf was anxious about this. However, she had no choice but to act. 

        Now the destination was before them. The she-wolf ran her eyes over Purple, feeling miserable. After all, she had kept Purple company for a whole year and she had regarded Purple as her own child. Perhaps this was the last meeting, and perhaps they would see each other again ang again.

        She laid sleeping Purple, the bundle, a little far from the doorway, expecting Purple to be found easily. Meanwhile, she had to avoid the barking dogs in case that Purple could be hurt. She took Green and Yellow away lightly. The two cubs were alawys obedient to her mother, and they remained silent and peaceful.

        They hid themselves in the little forest, watching far away. Green was bright enough to realize that now they were here to see Purple off. He watched the sleeping Purple, sad in his heart.

        As soon as they desappeared from the doorway, the she-wlf howled wildly, in an intention to wake the humans up, and rouse their attention.

        All at once, the dogs began to bark beside the house. Purple was awaken. She began to howl desperately and wanted to free herself out of the bundle. but she failed.

                                   (to be continued)