S H O RT S TO R I E S F R O M T H E G LO B A L C LA S S R O O M |
2014
‘The sickness I have, it does that. Very annoying.’
‘You are all very hairy too.’
‘Sickness, all sickness.’
‘An’ your nose looks different.’
By this time the wolf was getting very tired of the girl’s excessive questions, so it decided to change the subject.
‘How about we eat that ham sandwich that looks so tempting?’
‘But Gramma, I haven’t shown you what I brought. How did you know about the sandwich?’
‘My nose, yep, not only does the sickness make things worse, it does enhance some senses, yes, and so can we eat now?’
‘Okay, one ham sandwich for you, Gramma.’
The wolf looked cunningly at the child, ‘Oh, that’s not the only thing I’ll be eating today.’
‘Oh, yeah; you have a muffin, and an apple, and a bottle of …’ and suddenly her world went black, the last she
remembered being a wolf lunging at her.
7.
The wolf, full, started to walk back to the front door, part of its hair falling off, its legs growing longer, and its snout
shrinking smaller. Soon, in place of the wolf, stood Bacia, smiling.
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