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Owen

Midday, and I had already taken care of everything I needed to do for the day. The animals were all fed, the eggs were collected from the chickens, and all the water troughs were full. All that was left was doing another feeding for the animals tonight. None of the vegetables in the garden would be ready to be picked until next week. So I decided to spend some time relaxing inside. I had no more than made a sandwich for lunch when the sound of something scratching on the door caught my attention. Curious, I made my way through the front room and opened the door. To my surprise, a large black wolf collapsed at my feet. I was frozen for a few seconds until I noticed blood pooling around the back end of the wolf. It wasn’t moving, but I could tell it was still alive. I knew the people in the area had a thing about shooting the wildlife in the area. Just another reason I hated people. I never saw any of the animals come up on my small farm and go after any of my animals. I had no rea