The City Jungle
“Talla, a strong young wolf, had arrived in the zoo, the gift of an important gentleman who could not be refused. They had caught Talla in a pit.
She possessed very little experience as yet, but a rather wild and turbulent nature. When the hunters pulled her out of the hole she had resisted savagely. She came very close to being knifed or shot. But by chance the important gentleman happened to be present. The charming young wolf pleased him. “Take her alive!” he ordered.
So alive she had... remained.
To lift her out of the pit they drove her into a narrow box. She gnawed its walls till the splinters flew. They kept her in a small iron cage in the rear-court of the castle. She received an abundance of scraps and the bones from slaughtered lambs and cattle. People would stand before her cage and try to talk amicably with her. Dogs would sniff around and blench back their hair on end along their spines, their lips lifted in a snarl.MoreLess
She possessed very little experience as yet, but a rather wild and turbulent nature. When the hunters pulled her out of the hole she had resisted savagely. She came very close to being knifed or shot. But by chance the important gentleman happened to be present. The charming young wolf pleased him. “Take her alive!” he ordered.
So alive she had... remained.
To lift her out of the pit they drove her into a narrow box. She gnawed its walls till the splinters flew. They kept her in a small iron cage in the rear-court of the castle. She received an abundance of scraps and the bones from slaughtered lambs and cattle. People would stand before her cage and try to talk amicably with her. Dogs would sniff around and blench back their hair on end along their spines, their lips lifted in a snarl.MoreLess
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