Becoming the Wolf
'Become the wolf,' her teacher instructed, her beady black eyes boring into the princess' innocent stare.
'Don't want to be a wolf.'
'Why not?'
The girl shrugged. 'They're mean, nasty, ugly.'
'Little fool,' the teacher hissed, and she slashed her bronze knife across her student's cheek, peppering the stone floor with scarlet.
The princess cried out in pain, clutching her face.
'You are a fool,' her teacher announced. 'The wolf is mean, nasty, ugly — that is true. But that is because it's a survivor.'
She raised the knife again.
'And I am here to teach you how to survive.'
- Category: Myths, Legends & Fables
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
“Oh dear”, he said with masked excitement, “someone’s going to get really hurt here. How delicious!”
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Andrew Pettigrew almost 4 years ago
"Damn," replied his friend, "that woman makes the belt look good."
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
Ouch! 😰
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Andrew Pettigrew almost 4 years ago
Definitely! Glad I didn't have her as my teacher :)
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
Me too! 🥴
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
When I was 5, two teachers shared my class. Miss Were and Miss Wasby. Now... and this is true, even at 5 years old, Ithought that wasn’t correct. Surely it should have been Miss Were and Miss Will Be? (Absolutely true!)
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Andrew Pettigrew almost 4 years ago
Hahaha! I agree with your 5-year-old self, that should have been the case. I remember I had a French stand-in teacher once who liked to say, in a very theatrical voice, 'I am Madame Fortune'. We didn't get on, so I 'accidentally' started calling her Miss Fortune... you get it? :)
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
Yep, I get it Andrew. It reminds me of an old risqué, radish but funny schoolboy joke I might one day convert to a drabble! 🤣
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
Rude-ish not radish! Autocorrect strikes again! 😡 (I should have checked before uploading though!)
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Andrew Pettigrew almost 4 years ago
If you do, I look forward to reading it! I must confess, though, I was far from a radish — I only ever mentioned it once, then chickened out. I was too goody-too-shoes, I suppose... pity, really :)
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
It’s posted. Rather rude, but very schoolboyish. Hope it doesn’t offend.
