The Winter Wolf - Final by Cliff McNish

8/20/2019 The Winter Wolf - Final by Cliff McNish

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èl wjftcr, wlcf tlc b`st sfmws dcbb, tlc irc`t wmbd

eòc tm tlc ecftrc md tlc dmrcst, `fg wcpt.

@bw`ys `t ojgfjilt lc eòc, r`jsjfi ljs `fiujslcg lmwb tmtlc trcc tmps.

Fcjtlcr tlc abèkfcss gctcrrcg ljo, fmr tlc wjfg, fmrtlc spjtc md drmst.


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Wlc ery md tlc wmbd emubg fmt ac jifmrcg. Um lc`rt-

arc`kjfi w`s jt tl`t cvcf a`ay sp`rrmws, tuekcg ac`k-tm-

ac`k jfsjgc tlcjr fcsts, `wmkc `fg wmfgcrcg.

“Gmcs tlc wmbd wccp drmo luficr=‚ tlcy `skcg tlcjr

omtlcrs. “Mr js lc bmfcby= Xcrl`ps lc js embg= Gmcs lc

cvcf l`vc ` lmoc=‚

“Dmmbs,‚ tlcjr omtlcrs `fswcrcg sl`rpby. “Bjstcf fmt tm tlc

wmbd‚s cfgbcss wccpjfi. Lc js ` kjbbcr, bjkc `bb ljs kjfg.

Acw`rc tlc wmbd, dmr lc js b`ric, ljs `ppctjtc js cfgbcss

`fg ljs ajtc oc`fs gc`tl.‚

Fcxt omrfjfi a`gicr, mbgcst md tlc dmrcst `fjo`bs,i`tlcrcg tlc ymufistcrs tmictlcr.


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“@bb wmbvcs `rc trjekstcrs,‚ lc gceb`rcg. “C`el yc`r dmr `s

bmfi `s `fymfc e`f rcocoacr tljs mfc l`s emoc tm tlc

dmrcst `fg wcpt, ljs lc`g dbufi up tm tlc st`rs.‚

“Aut wly gmcs lc wccp=‚ tlc ymufistcrs `skcg.

“Lc js w`jtjfi dmr mfc md ymu sjbby eljbgrcf tm t`kc pjty mf

ljo, tl`t‚s wly,‚ A`gicr irmwbcg. “Lc js `dtcr ymur trust,

sm lc e`f ict ebmsc tm ymu. Lc jftcfgs tm c`t ymu up!‚

“C`t us up=‚ erjcg tlc ymufistcrs, sljvcrjfi wjtl dc`r.

“Wlcf wl`t slmubg wc gm=‚


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“Ut`y `w`y drmo ljo!‚ A`gicr w`rfcg. “@fg wl`tcvcr

l`ppcfs fcvcr, cvcr turf ymur aèk. Wlc omocft ymu turf

ymur aèk mf ` wmbd lc wjbb pmufec.‚

Lc`rjfi tljs, `bb tlc ymufi `fjo`bs md tlc dmrcst

trcoabcg, seurryjfi aèk tm tlcjr s`dc fcsts `fg acgs.

@bb, tl`t js, cxecpt mfc.

@ ymufi squjrrcb ercpt mut tm scc tlc wmbd. Wlc wmbd‚s

cfgbcss smaajfi l`g wmkcf ljo jf tlc fjilt `fg, gcspjtc

a`gicr‚s w`rfjfi, lc kfcw lc oust bmmk upmf tlc lmwbjfi

erc`turc dmr ljoscbd.


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Lmppjfi bjiltby drmo trcc tm trcc, tlc ymufi squjrrcb

scttbcg mf ` ljil ar`fel àmvc tlc wmbd, t`kjfi e`rc fmt

tm ict tmm ebmsc.

“Ymbd, Ml Ymbd,‚ lc wljspcrcg gmwf, “J e`ffmt sbccp.

Yly gm ymu ery sm bmugby tl`t ymu gjstura oy grcòs=‚

Wlc wmbd r`jscg ` dèc ocsscg wjtl tc`rs.

“Zmufi squjrrcb,‚ lc s`jg, “J sl`bb fmt tcbb ymu wly J ery.

J oust fmt, dmr ymur tcfgcr lc`rt emubg fmt ac`r jt.‚

“Xbc`sc tcbb oc,‚ tlc ymufi squjrrcb aciicg. “Oy omtlcr l`s

w`rfcg oc tm st`y `w`y drmo ymu, aut J oust kfmw wly

ymu `rc eryjfi sm.‚


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Wlc wmbd amwcg ljs cfmromus fcek.

“J wccp dmr oy gc`g eljbg,‚ lc s`jg `t b`st. “O`fy yc`rs ìm

tlc twm-bci luftcrs eòc jftm tlc dmrcst `fg kjbbcg `bbtlc wmbd euas tmm ymufi tm ruf `w`y. Oy smf w`s òmfist

tlco. Lc gjg fmt cvcf bjvc bmfi cfmuil tm scc ljs djrst

sprjfi dbmwcrs. Wl`t js wly J ery, ymufi squjrrcb. Wl`t js

wly J ery sm.‚

Wlc wmbd spmkc tlcsc wmrgs sm qujctby tl`t tlc ymufi

squjrrcb emubg a`rcby lc`r ljo. Wm gm sm, lc seòpcrcg

mdd ljs s`dc ar`fel mftm tlc trufk md tlc trcc, arjfijfi

ljo ebmscr tm tlc wmbd.


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“Wlcy s`y ymu `rc ` kjbbcr, Or Ymbd,‚ lc wljspcrcg. “Wlcy

s`y ymu l`vc t`kcf ymufi `fg mbg. Js jt truc= L`vc ymu

gmfc a`g tljfis=‚

Wlc wmbd p`wcg tlc ocbtjfi sfmw tlmuiltdubby.

“J l`vc gmfc ... qucstjmfàbc tljfis,‚ lc s`jg. “Jfgccg, J

l`vc kjbbcg mdtcf. Wm bjvc J oust c`t, `fg tlc futs `fg

drujts md tlc dmrcst

e`ffmt djbb oy acbby.‚

Wlc wmbd ser`pcg `t

tlc sfmw, `fg tlc

ymufi squjrrcb

seuttbcg fcrvmusby

aèk.

“Zcs, ymu `rc rjilt tm

kccp ymur gjst`fec,‚

s`jg tlc wmbd. “Ut`y

wlcrc ymu `rc. Ylcf

oy bjttbc smf gjcg `bb

tlmsc yc`rs ìm lc

w`s `dr`jg, tmm. J

l`vc fm wjsl tm scc

tlc sòc dc`r jf

ymur cycs. J emubg

fmt ac`r tl`t.‚


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@t tlmsc wmrgs, tlc ymufi squjrrcb ercpt lcsjt`ftby

dmrw`rg ì`jf – tlmuil lc stjbb st`ycg mut md tlc Ymbd‚s

rcèl.

“Ymbd, Ml Ymbd,‚ lc s`jg, “J fmw ufgcrst`fg wly ymu `rc

wccpjfi. Zmu `rc irjcvjfi

dmr ymur bmst smf, `s `fy

d`tlcr ojilt. Aut wly

l`vc ymu irjcvcg dmr sm

bmfi= Yjbb ymur smrrmwfcvcr cfg=‚

Wlc wmbd lufi ljs ircy,

slìiy lc`g.

“Lmw e`f oy smrrmw cfg wlcf fm mfc wjbb irjcvc wjtl oc=‚

lc s`jg. “Jt js sjx yc`rs sjfec oy smf gjcg. J l`vc fmt

dmrimttcf ljo. J wjbb fcvcr dmrict ljo. J wjbb wccp `bmfc,

`s J `bw`ys gm, dmr wlm cbsc jf tlc dmrcst wjbb sl`rc oy

tc`rs=‚

Wlc wmbd uttcrcg tlcsc wmrgs jf suel ` armkcf, gcspcr`tc

vmjec tl`t tlc ymufi squjrrcb dcbt ljs lc`rt ebcfel.

“O`y J st`y wjtl ymu=‚ lc `skcg. “J ò mfby so`bb, sm J

e`ffmt wccp bmugby, aut jd ymu `bbmw oc tm st`y fc`ray,

pcrelcg jf tljs trcc, pcrl`ps oy tjfy erjcs wjbb emodmrt

ymu.‚


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“Zcs,‚ tlc wmbd s`jg qujctby. “J wmubg bjkc tl`t vcry ouel.‚

@fg sm, `bb md tl`t fjilt, tlc wmbd wcpt, `fg tlc ymufi

squjrrcb slcg tc`rs wjtl ljo, wljspcrjfi wmrgs md

emfsmb`tjmf `s acst lc emubg drmo tlc trcc jf ljs so`bb,ljil-pjtelcg vmjec.

Ylcf omrfjfi eòc tlc ymufi squjrrcb ruaacg ljs cycs.

Lc w`s sm wc`ry tl`t lc emubg a`rcby w`vc ljs t`jb

immgayc.

“Wl`fk ymu dmr sl`rjfi tljs fjilt wjtl oc,‚

tlc wmbd e`bbcg up tm ljo. “Yjbb J scc ymu ì`jf=‚

“Zcs,‚ tlc ymufi squjrrcb e`bbcg aèk. “J gmf‚t

w`ft ymu tm ac `bmfc.‚


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“Wlcf emoc tmomrrmw,‚ s`jg tlc wmbd. “Ac`utjdub tlc ommf

sl`bb ac, `fg tlc sky dubb md st`rs dmr us. Acfc`tl tlco wc

wjbb st`fg, `fg slcg mfc djf`b fjilt md tc`rs dmr oy smf.‚

“J wjbb!‚ tlc ymufi squjrrcb prmojscg drmo tlc trcc.

“Md emursc J wjbb! @fg tmictlcr wc‚bb irjcvc ufgcr tlc

ommfbjilt. Lusl ac wjtl ymu jf ymur sbccp, gc`r mfc.‚

“@fg wjtl ymu,‚ tlc wmbd rcpbjcg. @fg wjtl tl`t lc p`ggcg

qujekby `w`y, ljs wljtc arc`tl pbuojfi tlc `jr.


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Wlc fcxt omrfjfi

tlc sfmwy trccs wcrc

wct `fg grjppjfi wjtl tlc

prmojsc md sprjfi, aut tlc ymufi squjrrcb w`s tmm tjrcg

tm fmtjec. Lc gjg fmt pb`y jftm

tlc twjbjilt bjkc tlc mtlcr ymufistcrs.

Jfstc`g lc o`gc `f cxeusc tm ljs omtlcr,

`fg sfuiibcg jftm acg c`rby. Lc w`ftcg tm ac

`s rcstcg `s lc emubg dmr ljs djf`b fjilt wjtl tlc wmbd.

Ylcf ljs arjilt armwf cycs

mpcfcg o`fy lmurs b`tcr tlc

ommf w`s `brc`gy t`bb jf tlc

sky, `fg tlc wmbd w`jtjfi.

Wljs tjoc tlc ymufi squjrrcb nuopcg wjtlmut lcsjt`tjmf

tmw`rgs ljs drjcfg. Lc rècg

èrmss tlc ir`ss uftjb lc

stmmg g`ficrmusby ebmsc, mfby

` arc`tl `w`y.

“J ò fm bmficr `dr`jg md ymu,‚ lc wljspcrcg, ljs wmrgs

drmstjfi tlc `jr. “Oy lc`rt trusts ymu fmw. J kfmw ymu wjbb

fmt l`ro oc, Or Ymbd.‚

Wlc wmbd turfcg tm ljo `fg sojbcg ljs bmfi, tljf sojbc.


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“Wlcf irjcvc wjtl oc tljs fjilt,‚ lc s`jg, o`kjfi ` bmw amw.

“Yjbb ymu gm oc suel `f lmfmur=‚


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“J wjbb!‚ ourourcg tlc ymufi squjrrcb, ljs cycs wct wjtl

tc`rs. “Ml, J wjsl jt omrc tl`f `fytljfi!‚

@fg sm, mf tl`t ommf-grcfelcg fjilt, sjgc ay sjgc tlcy

wcpt, uftjb jt sccocg tm tlc ymufi squjrrcb tl`t tlcy l`g

accf tljs w`y dmrcvcr, stjdbjfi tlc `jr wjtl tlcjr lm`rsc

erjcs.


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Djf`bby tlc ymufi squjrrcb emubg wccp fm omrc.

“Gc`r mfc,‚ lc s`jg jf cxlùstjmf, “o`y wc stmp fmw=‚

“Zmu o`y stmp, aut J oust im mf,‚ tlc wmbd rcpbjcg. “J oust

irjcvc uftjb g`wf, dmr tl`t js wlcf tlc twm-bcis eòc. @fg

tlcf J wjbb scc tlc ilmst md oy smf.‚

“Zmu wjbb scc ljo=‚ Wlc ymufi squjrrcb i`spcg, ljs ausly

t`jb st`fgjfi str`jilt. “Yl`t wjbb lc bmmk bjkc= Yjbb lc

sljfc= Yjbb lc ibcò= Yjbb lc kjss ymu=‚


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“Lc wjbb emoc `s lc `bw`ys gmcs, skjppjfi bjkc ` bjilt

tmw`rgs oc,‚ `fswcrcg tlc wmbd. “Ljs dèc wjbb ac tjfy, fm

ajiicr tl`f ` omusc, `fg lc wjbb ac abjfg, dmr lc gjcg

acdmrc lc emubg cvcf i`zc mut upmf tlc wmrbg. Zct cvcf smlc wjbb ruf drccby `fg swjdtby actwccf tlc trccs. Lc wjbb

slmut “D@WLCQ!‚, `fg bjek tlc stcos md tlc wjftcr-tjrcg

ir`ss, `fg wlcf lc rcèlcs oc J wjbb fuzzbc ljo uftjb ljs

bcis rjsc drmo tlc irmufg `fg ljs dèc bc`ps wjtl nmy.‚

Wlc ymufi squjrrcb‚s lc`rt sm`rcg wjtl cxejtcocft wlcf

lc lc`rg tlcsc wmrgs.

“Ml, o`y J st`y wjtl ymu uftjb lc emocs=‚ lc aciicg,

nuopjfi jf tlc `jr. “Xbc`sc, o`y J=‚


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“Md emursc, oy drjcfg,‚ tlc wmbd `fswcrcg smdtby. “Wlcrc js

fm-mfc cbsc J wmubg r`tlcr l`vc acsjgc oc.‚

@fg sm tlcy w`jtcg dmr g`wf.

@fg tlcy w`jtcg. @fg w`jtcg.

@fg `s tlc fjilt strctelcg mf, tlc ymufi squjrrcb ircwembgcr. Lc ircw embgcr `fg stjddcr, uftjb djf`bby ljs bcis

wcrc sm stjdd tl`t lc emubg fm bmficr ruf, `fg sm sbccpy

tl`t wlcf tlc wmbd djf`bby wljspcrcg, “Lcrc lc emocs ...

lcrc emocs tlc ilmst md oy smf fmw ,‚ tlc ymufi squjrrcb

a`rcby lc`rg ljo.


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Aut smoclmw, wjtl tlc b`st md ljs strcfitl, tlc ymufi

squjrrcb o`fìcg tm st`fg uprjilt. Ljs cycs g`rtcg

cìcrby drmo sjgc tm sjgc.

“Ylcrc=‚ lc `skcg. “J gm fmt scc ljo! Ylcrc js lc=

Ylcrc=‚

“Wurf `rmufg,‚ s`jg tlc wmbd. “Lc js acljfg ymu!‚

@fg tlc ymufi squjrrcb turfcg.

Lc turfcg ljs sbcfgcr aèk mf tlc wmbd.


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Lc turfcg sm tl`t lc emubg fmt scc tlc wmbd `t `bb, mfby

dccb ljs lmt arc`tl upmf ljs fcek.

@fg `s tlc wmbd, cvcr sm qujctby, lmwbcg, tlc ymufi

squjrrcb djf`bby rcocoacrcg a`gicr‚s w`rfjfi, `fg bmmkcg

up.

@amvc ljo, omutl swjfijfi wjgc, stmmg tlc wmbd.


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N`ws `i`pc, ljs tcctl ibjftcg `i`jfst tlc st`rs.

“Lcbbm, ymufi squjrrcb,‚ lc wljspcrcg. “Jt js immg tm ac

ebmsc `t b`st.‚

Gjrcetby jftm tlc cycs md tlc ymufi squjrrcb tlc wmbd

st`rcg, `fg tlcf, `s ljs cycs wjgcfcg, lc rm`rcg.


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Aut smdtby e`oc tl`t rm`r. Wcfgcrby jt e`oc, dmr jt w`s

fmt tlc luftcr‚s ery, aut mfby tlc ery md bmvc.

@fg mf tlc wjfis md tl`t bmvc tlc wmbd‚s smf aurst jftm

tlc dmrcst.


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Wlc ilmst eua‚s cycs wcrc slut, aut tl`t gjg fmt stmp ljo.

Mf ljs ebuosy bjttbc p`ws lc armkc tlrmuil tlc wct ir`ss.

@ g`zzbc md bjilt, lc lc`gcg str`jilt dmr tlc wmbd, `fg

wlcf tlcy oct lc aurjcg ljoscbd jf ljs d`tlcr‚s tljek,

gccp dur, `fg ebufi tm ljs luic l`jry d`ec, `fg kjsscg ljo.


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@fg fmr w`s tl`t tlc cfg. Dmr ` arjcd djf`b tjoc tlcy

vcfturcg dmrtl drmo tlc sfmwy trccs, jftm tlc sufbjilt.

Wlcrc w`s fm omrc irjcd. Wmictlcr tlcy w`bkcg, d`tlcr

`fg smf. @fg wlcrcvcr tlcjr p`ws tmuelcg tlc smjb wljtc

ermeuscs aurst jftm dbmwcr, `fg sprjfi g`ddmgjbs rmsc tm

occt tlco, `fg fmtljfi, fmtljfi emubg p`rt tlc irc`t wmbd

drmo ljs nmy, fmr drmo tlc ymufi squjrrcb wlm g`fecg bjkc

` wjbg ommf actwccf ljs dcct.


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