Magic Howl

                           Magic Howl    

                                         Chapter 1

                                                                 by Gabi Ford

            A long time ago, there was a young wolf pup whose name was Ice. This young wolf puppy was different from other wolf pups. When she howled, ice would appear around her, and that is how she got the name Ice.

            Young Ice had been abandoned by her parents, because they did not like the ice that appeared when she howled.

                                                           

            Living alone, Ice was exploring the area which was snow covered. One day, she was walking through the deep snow when she found a hole in the snow. She investigated to see what might be in the hole, where she found several eggs. Ice looked at the eggs and decided to take one of them with her. What would she do with this egg, she thought, I guess I will play with it, since I have no friends to play with?

            Ice would use her mouth to toss the egg into the air, and it would land on the snow. She would run and get the egg and toss it into the air again and again, until she became tired. Ice decided to rest for a while with the egg lying beside her in the snow.

                                               

            Now Ice had not thought about who had left the eggs in that hole, or, that whoever left the eggs there, might return. As Ice rested in the snow, she suddenly felt this pain in her back leg, something bit her back leg! It hurt so bad that she tried to get up and get away, but whatever bit her, was holding on. Ice was surprised to see, an alligator, holding on to her back leg.

            The mother alligator let go of Ice’s leg, picked up her egg, and returned it to the hole in the snow, which was her nest. 

            Ice limped off in pain, wishing she had never found that egg! Ice walked through the snow covered forest and through a field where she saw a cabin.

            It was a small cabin and she did not see anyone around. Would she be able to find a place to rest, and let her leg which still hurt from the alligator bite, get better? She carefully limped up to the cabin and she still did not see anyone. As she walked around the cabin she saw this hole in the wall. It wasn’t a big hole, but it was big enough for her to get through. Ice carefully crawled through the small hole and she was now inside the cabin.

            Ice had never been inside a cabin before, she carefully looked around and she saw something that she had never seen before, what was it she thought? It was warm, and this thing was popping and making heat. Ice did not know that it was a fire in the fire place, but she knew it felt good to be warm. This little wolf puppy named Ice, snuggled up in front of the fire place and quickly fell asleep.