The Wolves

Arriving

It wasn't until the people were old and grey that they realized that wolves weren't that much a threat to lambs... I on the other hand learned that when those two came to my school for the first day in the fall. They were different and we all could see that from the first day, they were odd and alien in our town, but you could say we were just as alien in their world. They were different in the way they spoke, thought and acted.

It was a clear day as summer was coming to a close when they rolled into town and unloaded into their new home. They didn't exactly take the nicest home in our town, they took an old cabin on the outskirts, next to the forest that most people there saw as a burden. But these people wanted to be as close to it as possible. When they unloaded their children, they sprang from the automobile and into the long uncut grass. They rolled around for a moment as their father chuckled before he motioned for them to come and help. Like two bolts of lightning they shot up and grabbed a box before rushing inside.

"Did you two pick your rooms yet?" Their father asked as he brought a box inside to his own room.

"Yes." Answered the boy, their father peeking inside the room.

"We want this one." The girl answered as they looked around at the wooden room, the old faded grayish brown boards creaked and bowed in places. Pine needled and dirt would have needed to be swept out but the children didn't mind the feeling on their now bare feet.

"Still sharing a room, eh?" Their father asked as the two chuckled.

"Wouldn't have it any other way, I can't sleep without his snoring across from me." She said as she pushed him.

"And I can't sleep without her tossing and turning all night." He said as he pushed her back, a smile on his face.

"I only toss and turn because you wake me up, how can you even sleep with all that noise, it's coming from your head." She said as she made into a drama.

"Really I thought you tossed and turned because you were running in a gassy field... That's sweet, all these years you've been thinking of your brother, how sweet." He said as he dodged a swing that was taken at him.

"Alright, before you two make a mess of the house, why don't you unpack and then you can go outside and settle your differences." Their father said as they laughed with him.

"Father, you should know we're only joking." The boy said as they both smiled at him.

"I know, but it still doesn't change the fact that there is a few more boxes in the truck... Might I add that their the important ones." He said as their eyes grew wide before they raced for the front door.

"I got it!" The boy yelled.

"Not unless I get there first!" The girl fought as she pushed her brother away.

"Helga... How could you leave me with these two? I have no doubt that the sly one is laughing at me these days." He said with a sigh as he placed the box down and opened it.

"I have no doubt that you would be laughing with him if you were still here with us... I hope that one day I will be allowed to see you again, if it is allowed to me." He said as he trailed off and pulled a necklace made of many different colored beads, some like stones and others like metals. Each one of them carved to fit a thread inside them, he held it with care as a memory of his wife entered his mind. Her beauty and laughter filling his eyes with tears as he remembered her spirit and wished she was here... Here to see their children and teach them and love them as he did.