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Hey guys!
So sorry for the delay of like a week.......
I was SUPER busy, over the last week.
But here is the next bit!
June, 1945 Alaska
After feasting on a weakened caribou cow, the wolf pack was ready to sleep. The pack all settled into the sparse grass, except one. It was the large female-the alpha -she had carried her pups for fifty days, and it was time to look for a den.
The she wolf wandered around the area, searching for a used badger or fox den that she could use, otherwise she would have to dig her own. The wolf thrust her sensitive nose into several holes, but found none suitable.
After several hours of diligent searching, the large female treks back to the pack who were rousing themselves from the nap, the large male runs up to the female and they touch snouts briefly in greeting.
A yearling wolf runs up to the alphas, pawing playfully at their faces, and bowing low to the ground in an attempt to engage her parents in play, the alpha male growls in play and chases after her, allowing the young female to get him into a sub-ordinate position. The largest female runs up to them and also allows herself to be placed under the younger female, but soon the play ends as all the wolfs sense a new presence; the alphas perk up, alert, as the smell gets closer, the other wolves do the same.
Soon a herd of buffalo comes over the hill, and sighting the wolves stand still, increasing their chance of survival against the wolves, the pack visibly relaxes, recognizing another animal.
The pack ignores the buffaloes, who soon wander off, after seeing the wolves have already eaten and have no intention of pursuing them. The sun hung low as the wolves glide across the ground patches of snow crunching under their large paws as they move swiftly.
They soon come to a puddle and all drink their fill, the largest male begins scent rolling to reenforce the invisible boundaries that other wolf packs will respect.
The pack then glides off again, helping the alpha female to find a small hill, with a clear view. Many times they stop, allowing the alphas to search for a den site, nothing was found for many miles.
Hour after hour slipped by, as the sun slipped into the horizon, still the wolves did not stop ecept to investigate a prospective den site.
When the moon was high in the sky and the pack had traversed the greater of 30 miles searching, moving gracefully over the hills, gliding along under the moonlight, a sudden stop was made, the alpha pair were exploring the most recent hill, when they found the perfect spot, the alpha male began howling on all fours, nose tilted towards the light in the night sky, the rest of the pack joined in in a chorus of joy, hope, and the greatness of the new lives the alpha female now carried.
The chorus continued for many minutes, then stopped as quickly as it had started. The pack stood still under the wavering moonlight. A pack answered in the same chorus from far off, possibly even ten miles.
The alpha female began digging as the last notes of the answering howl faded away, scraping the ground away with her large front paws, sending it in a spray of earth behind her.
I can post more later.
So sorry for the delay of like a week.......
I was SUPER busy, over the last week.
But here is the next bit!
June, 1945 Alaska
After feasting on a weakened caribou cow, the wolf pack was ready to sleep. The pack all settled into the sparse grass, except one. It was the large female-the alpha -she had carried her pups for fifty days, and it was time to look for a den.
The she wolf wandered around the area, searching for a used badger or fox den that she could use, otherwise she would have to dig her own. The wolf thrust her sensitive nose into several holes, but found none suitable.
After several hours of diligent searching, the large female treks back to the pack who were rousing themselves from the nap, the large male runs up to the female and they touch snouts briefly in greeting.
A yearling wolf runs up to the alphas, pawing playfully at their faces, and bowing low to the ground in an attempt to engage her parents in play, the alpha male growls in play and chases after her, allowing the young female to get him into a sub-ordinate position. The largest female runs up to them and also allows herself to be placed under the younger female, but soon the play ends as all the wolfs sense a new presence; the alphas perk up, alert, as the smell gets closer, the other wolves do the same.
Soon a herd of buffalo comes over the hill, and sighting the wolves stand still, increasing their chance of survival against the wolves, the pack visibly relaxes, recognizing another animal.
The pack ignores the buffaloes, who soon wander off, after seeing the wolves have already eaten and have no intention of pursuing them. The sun hung low as the wolves glide across the ground patches of snow crunching under their large paws as they move swiftly.
They soon come to a puddle and all drink their fill, the largest male begins scent rolling to reenforce the invisible boundaries that other wolf packs will respect.
The pack then glides off again, helping the alpha female to find a small hill, with a clear view. Many times they stop, allowing the alphas to search for a den site, nothing was found for many miles.
Hour after hour slipped by, as the sun slipped into the horizon, still the wolves did not stop ecept to investigate a prospective den site.
When the moon was high in the sky and the pack had traversed the greater of 30 miles searching, moving gracefully over the hills, gliding along under the moonlight, a sudden stop was made, the alpha pair were exploring the most recent hill, when they found the perfect spot, the alpha male began howling on all fours, nose tilted towards the light in the night sky, the rest of the pack joined in in a chorus of joy, hope, and the greatness of the new lives the alpha female now carried.
The chorus continued for many minutes, then stopped as quickly as it had started. The pack stood still under the wavering moonlight. A pack answered in the same chorus from far off, possibly even ten miles.
The alpha female began digging as the last notes of the answering howl faded away, scraping the ground away with her large front paws, sending it in a spray of earth behind her.
I can post more later.
