The villagers called her Wolf Girl and she pretends she didn’t notice. She lives alone at the forest’s edge, after plague took the rest of her family.
Her father raised dogs, and she’d learned something of the trade at his knee before he passed. She never would’ve been an apprentice, but they were poor, and couldn’t wait for a son to arrive.
That first winter, she’d heard hungry wolves howling in the forest. A wolf is just a big dog, she thought. And she refused to be food for anyone else.
The hounds she raises are fierce, strong, and loyal.

“Wolfhound” by Lennart Tange is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Everyday Drabbles © 2025 by Hugh J. O’Donnell is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.

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