A Guest Post from Fang-That-Bites-Sharp-in-the Forest (also
known as Wolfie)
So. A gaggle of
children’s authors are celebrating their fifth birthday. I’m not sure they deserve my best
wishes.
Children’s authors have not played fair with us wolves. It all started out badly with that Big Bad
Wolf so beloved of fairy tales. A
child-eating predator who usually ends up being chopped into pieces by
woodcutters, or boiled in vats of water (as if a wolf wouldn’t be able to
outwit three pigs!)
Those wargs of Mr Tolkien haven’t exactly helped our image,
and then there came the werewolf craze...werewolves! Don’t get me started. It all leads to the idea that wolves are slathering,
blood-crazed monsters...instead of the beautiful, intelligent creatures that we
really are.
On the other hand, books are a good way of occupying human
cubs, and keeping them out from under my paws when I go hunting. I like my woods child-free!
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| Image: Gunnar Ries |
Above all, we wolves are extremely polite. At least, this one is. So MANY HAPPY RETURNS! And next time you’re thinking about penning a
werewolf story – don’t!
YOURS, FANG
Fang features in Wolfie – by Emma Barnes
More about Fang at Emma's web-site
1 comment:
Polite, and beautiful! You can see why humans want to turn into you -
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