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to open.
“What in Scot’s name is
The wolves stopped in front of me, the largest one, who had their basic grey pelts and ears up, said, “Who our you? Wha’a yuu heea’?” his strange accent startled all of us, but I responded.
“ So, lets get you to the for- tress,” said the second wolf. The two wolves took them through
that?” said Cloud,” Wait, what am I saying? It’s a fortress, oh I hope we can eat there, I’m starv- ing!” Then I suddenly I realized that I was also starving as well.” Lets go!” Cloud started running towards the mountains, but Sun stopped her.
the gates.
The inside was like any
“Wait!” she said,” We don’t know if the animals that live there are friends or foes. We should proceed with caution.”
“ Hou deed yuu eend uup getin heea?”
“I agree, “ I said, “if the animals there, if there are any, are hostile, they’ll be able to kill us in a heart beat.”
cause...because my dad told me
“ Um... Mr.?” I said.
No one argued, not even Cloud, who seemed determined to get there.
“Coome heea een twoims o’ need yea. Mwany have been endin uup heea buy dose suur- comestancees.”
“ What are those strange instruments?”
So we slowly started
up the mountain, then we saw the gates to it open, and two fully grown wolves ran over the mote,” Well,” said Cloud, “at least we can see the faces of our own kind if we die.” Moon rolled his eyes.
“ Footess?” said Moon.
“ You have come to the fortress of the Wolf Knights. If it is your wish you may become one. More will be revealed to you when you see the Kaiser.”
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“ I’m- I’m Star, “ I began, I introduced all of my friends.
fortress, they were walking down a street, with large build- ings on either side. There were balconies on the roof-tops, the buildings were mostly rectan- gular, with some widows. There were some wolves playing strange instruments.
“Our village was attacked by Lions. We ed here, be-
to-”
“ Yes my boy?” said the second wolf.
“ So, does that mean you won’t kill us?”
“ Those my boy, are bag- pipes. Traditional here.”
“ Wha? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Wuy would oowhy kill ya? Noo, we gooin to da footess!”
“ And where is here?”
The other wolves spoke, “he means fortress.”
“ Kaiser?”
“ Our leader.”
“ O...kay then.”
Then they came to a large
“ Oh yeah. How come I didn’t think of that?”
palace. It was a large round tan triangle with loops on it, and
at the base was a huge block of the same color, and there was
a doorway. The block had win- dows, and paintings all over it. And there were statues of two wolfs, of course, they were enor- mous, and white, which went much more with the city, which was all white.
“ What-“ began Moon, but the rst wolf interrupted
him.
of da wolf knights.”
“ Thoose aaa da foundas