There once was on overly playful wolf pup named Aaron. He was easily excitable, but quite friendly. He had a snowy white coat, but the other pups made fun of him because of his peculiar green eyes. Aaron didn’t mind though because he knew he was special despite what the mean pups had to say. He walked with a confident strut and an ever wagging tail.
One day while wandering out in the forest, chasing mice and butterflies, Aaron strayed too far away from the rest of the pack and got lost. As dusk came he turned to head back home, but realized he had no idea where he was. The forest started to come alive with the sounds of night, most pups would’ve gotten scared and ran, but Aaron was no normal pup.
“I’m not afraid of anything!” he proudly proclaimed, standing defiantly in the woods barking at trees.
He continued to walk around and get a sense of where he was. Aaron walked with his tail in the air, full of pride, as he began to hear some growling. He quickly turned around growling in return as he got ready to pounce on his would be attacker. He stood in the darkness awaiting his foe, but none appeared.
“Come on show yourself! I’m the toughest wolf in my pack!” he boasted.
Suddenly the bushes behind him rustled as a badger came charging, but stopped short. Aaron turned facing the badger, still growling. The both eyed each other carefully.
“Oh, you’re just a kid” said the badger, “I thought you were actually a threat.”
“What was that?” Aaron growled. “I’m no kid!”
The badger turned to leave without responding, but Aaron held down the badgers’ tail with his paw so he couldn’t escape. “Can you at least show me the way outta here?” Aaron asked.
The badger laughed, “A badger work with some green and white weirdo? You’re a strange kid, that’s for sure.”
“Come on please? We can be friends!” Aaron said, releasing the badger and wagging his tail.
The badger looked at Aaron a little confused, “You’re…you’re serious?” he asked.
“Well of course!” Aaron exclaimed, “Why not?”
“Cause we’re different kid, we aren’t supposed to be friends” the badger told him.
“That’s just silly,” Aaron laughed; “Everybody can be friends!” he smiled wagging his tail even more.
“Boy you really are a strange pup,” the badger said, “Come on I’ll show you the way out.”
Aaron jumped, barking happily, as he walked off with the badger. As they travelled along the forest path a few other animals snickered and laughed as the pair walked by, calling them weirdos and crazy. Aaron was not hurt though, he was proud to have made a new friend. He even convinced the badger to play a few games with him as they walked like who could catch the most mice or short little races.
“I don’t think we are gonna make it back before the big ball in the sky comes down” said the badger, “We should stop and sleep here.”
“What big ball?” Aaron asked tilting his head. “You mean the sun?”
“Sure I guess,” said badger, “Us badgers just call it the big ball though cause that’s what it looks like.”
Aaron nodded as he circled around making himself a little bed for the night and then lay down, curling up. Their peaceful slumber was quickly disturbed as a large thumbing sound began to shake the ground. The pair woke up with a startle, wondering what has making such a big commotion. From the darkness of the forest emerged a large wolverine.
“This is my forest!” the wolverine snarled.
“No way! This is everyone’s!” said Aaron, charging the wolverine.
“Yeah! Get’em!” the badger yelled, attacking the wolverine as well.
Both Aaron and the badger got the wolverine in the stomach and it ran off into the woods scared of them. Aaron yipped happily, prancing around pridefully before crashing into a tree he didn’t notice. He fell onto his back laughing and the badger began laughing as well.
“You hate wolverines too?” badger asked as he helped Aaron up.
“Of course! They’re smelly and act like big bullies when they’re just wimps” he responded, “Hey…what’s your name anyways? You never told me.”
“Oh…My name’s Bucky.” He said. “Now come on let’s get going now that we rested up!”
Aaron nodded and followed Bucky out of the forest. When the pair finally reached Aaron’s pack he was greeted with a lot of disapproving scowls. His mother scolded him for running off like that and the other pups made fun of him still. Aaron just ignored it though as he had a fun adventure and made a new friend and that’s all that mattered to him.
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