Fugitives Attacked The Old Man In His Hut, But They Didn’t Even Suspect That He Wasn’t Alone…

The Call of the Wild

Gray stayed at Mr. Bennett’s house for about two weeks and then began to insist on going outside.

“So what, Gray? Did you already hear the call of the wild? Go, but be careful and don’t forget your old man,”

Mr. Bennett said with a smile and opened the door.

Deep down, Mr. Bennett still hoped that Gray would return, and he actually did. The wolf cub came back the next morning and, having examined the empty bowl, looked inquiringly at the old man.

“Now hold on kid, I’ll be quick,”

Mr. Bennett said excitedly, fussing around the kitchen.

Since then, Gray had come to visit the old man almost every day. Sometimes he didn’t come alone but with his forest brothers, whose footprints Mr. Bennett often saw near his home. Of course, they never came close to the old man and looked with apprehension at Gray’s friendship with the human.

Uninvited Guests

Time passed, and Gray grew stronger and turned into a real forest predator. Returning home from work, Mr. Bennett often saw wolf standing at the edge of the forest, which seemed to come out of the thickets especially to greet him. The old man always greeted his old friend by waving at him, but one evening Gray was behaving rather unusually, which surprised Mr. Bennett very much.

Instead of going into the old man’s house, the young wolf threw his head back into the sky and howled, and soon all of Gray’s forest friends joined in.

“What’s with them? I’ve never seen anything like this,”

thought Mr. Bennett anxiously and left the door open for the night, hoping that Gray would come to visit him like he used to do. The old man spent the whole evening waiting for Gray, but he never came.

But as soon as Mr. Bennett decided to make himself some tea, the door swung open loudly and three men came inside the house, wearing uniforms vaguely reminiscent of the ones worn by builders or factory workers. Caught by surprise, the old man looked at the uninvited guests and asked,

“Who are you and why did you come to my house so late at night?”

Instead of a response, Mr. Bennett got a jab in the chest which instantly knocked him over.

“We need food and clothes. Don’t be a fool and do what we tell you and we won’t harm you. But if you don’t, you’ll be the one to blame,”

answered the unshaven thug who was the leader of this gang and fugitive criminals. Mr. Bennett figured it out from the special prison patches on their jackets.

A Loyal Protector

Despite his fragile physique, the old man got up and pounced on the intruders. A knife flashed in the leader’s hand, but at that moment, someone’s flexible grey body burst in the door, which immediately had all the criminals very confused.

It was Gray who jumped at the leader and bit into his hand, thus saving Mr. Bennett’s life. Although the wolf wasn’t an adult yet, he was already very strong. The angry animal kept attacking the fugitives over and over again.

Unfortunately, fighting three people alone was too much even for a wolf. Jumping at the slightest opportunity, the leader of the gang grabbed his knife from the floor and stabbed Gray twice. The wolf let out a muffled groan and fell to the floor, quickly losing strength from the blood loss.

Gray tried to bite the criminal’s leg one last time, but he was already too weak. A spasm slowly passed through the wolf’s body and a white veil clouded his eyes.

The Final Goodbye

Mr. Bennett knelt beside the dying wolf and began to cry softly. The old man didn’t care about himself anymore; all he wanted was for Gray to survive. But despite all of Mr. Bennett’s efforts, Gray died in his arms.

After all the commotion, the fugitive criminals decided to flee, but as soon as they left the old man’s yard, they were immediately surrounded by an angry pack of wolves, all of whom were eager to avenge Gray’s death.

However, the fugitives were saved from certain death by the arrival of the search group which has been tracking them down for three days. Barely managing to chase off the wolves, the police officer handcuffed the fugitives and sent them back to the state county jail.

But for the grief-stricken Mr. Bennett, it wasn’t much of a consolation because he lost his loyal friend that night. The old man buried Gray at the edge of the forest at the dividing line between human land and wildlife.

Whenever he hears a long wolf howl in the middle of the night, Mr. Bennett thinks that this is Gray singing about how he misses his forest brothers and his faithful friend who lives in a house by the forest.