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A Child's Wolf

© Awais Sarwar

Here is another interesting story. And this one's also true. So here I go.

This one is about a little child and a well-grown wolf. This child was a son of a farmer named "Mubashar". Mubashar was a very hard working farmer. He had two children, one boy and a girl. His son was 5 years old and the daughter was 8 years of age. He loved both of them very much. They were his whole life. His wife died when his son was one year old.

One day, when Mubashar was returning from his fields, he saw a wolf lying on his way. It was seriously injured. It was still alive but unconscious. He took him home and gave him the best treatment, he could provide. But there was one fear, which was making Mubashar uncomfortable, was that when the wolf would come back to its senses, it might hurt his children. For this he came to the solution to imprison the wolf in a cage. The cage could hardly contain the wolf. The wolf could hardly walk in it. Mubashar decided to release him by the time the wolf become able to walk. His son used to sit near the wolf's cage all day despite of the fact that Mubashar forbade him to do so.

A week later the wolf healed. Now, Mubashar started making plans to release him in the forest. He told his friends to help him and they agreed to help him. They decided to release the wolf the next day. That day Mubashar returned home earlier and he was shocked to see the first sight as he stepped in. He saw that the wolf is walking free in the lawn, with his son playing with it. As the wolf saw Mubashar, he ran back into the cage. Mubashar briskly locked the cage and walked straight toward his son. His son got afraid that his father would punish him. Mubashar questioned his son harshly. His son told his father that he liked the wolf and he used to release him whenever Mubashar used to go out and he used to imprison him back before Mubashar returned. He also told Mubashar that the wolf was very friendly with him and he wants to keep it with him. But Mubashar described to his son that it would be difficult for them to keep it, as it might hurt someone else. His son agreed to his point after very hard work.