Runt
“He said it again. "No." Runt was too stunned to speak, but he didn't need to. Bider spoke for him.
"Just take a taste," he whined. "These creatures aren't far away. And they're so stupid, they don't even know enough to run ... or to fight, either. They just stand there waiting to be eaten. You've never seen anything like it." With a nudge of his nose, Runt pushed the richly scented tail closer to his father.
King ignored Bider and spoke directly to Runt. "Haven't you learned yet? This meat isn'...t for us. It's been touched by them." And with that he walked away.
Touched by them. The phrase sent a chill through Runt's heart. If being touched by humans could ruin perfectly good meat, what had it done to him?
Runt turned helplessly back to Bider. Surely, he would explain that the meat was good, tell King again how easy the beasts were to kill. But the white wolf, clearly disgusted, had walked away, too.
Runt picked up the tail again and stood holding it. He shook his head to swing it back and forth.MoreLess
"Just take a taste," he whined. "These creatures aren't far away. And they're so stupid, they don't even know enough to run ... or to fight, either. They just stand there waiting to be eaten. You've never seen anything like it." With a nudge of his nose, Runt pushed the richly scented tail closer to his father.
King ignored Bider and spoke directly to Runt. "Haven't you learned yet? This meat isn'...t for us. It's been touched by them." And with that he walked away.
Touched by them. The phrase sent a chill through Runt's heart. If being touched by humans could ruin perfectly good meat, what had it done to him?
Runt turned helplessly back to Bider. Surely, he would explain that the meat was good, tell King again how easy the beasts were to kill. But the white wolf, clearly disgusted, had walked away, too.
Runt picked up the tail again and stood holding it. He shook his head to swing it back and forth.MoreLess
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