I’d gone off the beaten path. The dirt packed trail, beaten down by decades of hikers, was nowhere to be seen. I was lost in the wilderness of Appalachia. I was a seasoned hiker, but all the same my family had warned me not to go out alone. That one of these days, I would become lost in those hills. And I suppose they were right. They’d never let me live it down if I managed to find my way b...

This doesn’t have to do with the picture.

Once upon a time, there was a tiny little stinky kitty cat in the dumpster. I kneel towards the stinky garbage cat and stick my arm out. It starts talking in German, “Hallo! Ich Bin Groß Stinken!“ I lift one eyebrow up like this 🤨 . Big Stink jumps on my arm and trails dirt and Cheeto dust.

I bring Big Stink home, and notice a missing cat sign! Oh no,...

I look at the clock

And hear the faint tick

If I can do this

I have to be quick

So I run out the door

And grab my coat

As I dash to the river

And hop in my boat

I paddle away

And break at the woods

Hopping out of my boat

A wolf there stood

Looks me dead in the eye

And starts to growl

I’ve never seen wolves

Just heard their howl

He backs away slowly

Then dashes off

And I run into a clearing

The...

Wolfs, I see wolves! Yes! I’m free! I’m no longer stuck in that cage if a city! I’ll disappear far far away from there and find my real home. I am among the wolves....

These wolfs look really, really, really cute

Oh no, a Wolfpack is his. It’s like a bunch of Hunter killers.

We could learn about team work from them

Lovely elation fascination

Heart rate thumping

Heart warming

Survival as a pack

Cuddle them

Wary

Warm feeling

Nurturing feeling

Community spirit

Society

No greed

Selfless service and respect loyalty

Altruism loyalty respect ho...

Striking. Their eyes, glaring at me with an insatiable appetite. There were three of them as far as I could tell. Glorious, wild beasts of the woods. Fur as silky white as a fresh snow fall. They stood frozen, attention up ahead, looking for their next meal. Any movement on my part and I would be their next reward. I slowly shuffled my feet backwards, lifting each leg cautiously through the fall l...

I see the three looking at me. How did my life get to this point?

This morning, I had no problems. I woke and greeted the sun. A few stretches to start the day. My stomach annoyingly announced that it was empty so I started rummaging for whatever I could find.

After breakfast, I went for a walk. It felt so good using my muscles that I wandered most of the morning. That was when I felt eyes on ...

He stops

He becomes short of air

His hands start shaking as he thinks about what to do

HE SEES IT!

A long stick,

Very slowly,

He grabs it

And right as his trembling fingers grip the base of the branch

BARK!

The wolves charge.

Thinking quickly he dodges the first

The second comes in for the kill

He swings

BOOM!

The branch snaps on the wolves face

With two still coming

He has no choice...

My body froze, dropping all my equipment. My heart began to beat like a drum and my eyes stared wide. What do I do? How do I get out of this?. Every thought you could think of in this situation was running through my head. My legs going weak and my adrenaline kicking in. I was terrified. Raising my hands my whole body was shaking from fear, and I was almost in tears. Beginning to walk backwards, I...

The smell of fire still lingered in the evening air. It made it hard to breath, to concentrate. Then there were the wolves, following at a distance. A simple hike had turned into life or death. Face the fires heat or the hungry mouths that blocked the path forward. There was no space to fear the outcome, all you could do is run now, listening to the scream of your own heart beat and the snarl...