Cry of the Wolf
By: Scratch
San looked around about her. She still could not believe where she
was. After all, it seemed so... unnatural. Living in a forest all her life,
and now, living in a house... like a human... it felt overwhelmingly strange.
San sometimes wondered why she even put herself in a situation like this one.
"San, I'm home!"
Then she remembered.
"Ashitaka," San answered.
"Yes, darling, I'm back," replied Ashitaka, San's husband.
This is why I'm here, San thought, I remember now.
She walked over to him. He took her hands and kissed her.
"How are you this morning?" Ashitaka asked her warmly.
"Just fine, nothing's new. How's the progress with Iron Town?" San
said.
"It's going great and I'm sure we're almost done building. It's so
wonderful that we can co-exsist with the forest now. We can live and build
without having to destroy the forest or animals!" Ashitaka said.
"They, you mean. They can build. Not us," San said stubbornly.
"San, you know there is peace between the animal tribes and the
humans now. We live together in a just, equal world. You can at least try to
accept them now, can't you? They're trying their best," said Ashitaka.
San sighed. "I know that. And I try to accept it, but... it's so
hard to forgive them for the past. All that forest... destroyed... and
Morro..." Tears welled up in San's eyes. She hated crying. It showed her
weakness, which animals, wolves, never do.
Ashitaka hated to see San sad. She was such a strong person, there
were times when he thought nothing could bring her tough nature and high
spirit down. But when something did, he was there to comfort the person he
loved.
"San, San, it's alright. The forest has grown again, hasn't it? And
Morro... well, everyone has to die at some point, and I guess it was just her
time," Ashitaka said, though he thought it was a weak attempt to comfort San.
"But Morro was a goddess! She was a wolf," cried San.
Ashitaka took San in his arms and moved his mouth toward her ear. He
whispered into it, "Wolves don't live forever... their species will be
eternal, though. They will hunt, play, run... there'll be wolves until the
end of eternity. And..." he said, "You'll be the goddess of them all."
San had tears in her eyes, and she hugged Ashitaka tighter. She
said, "It's hard to believe that you aren't a wolf."
"It's getting late. Perhaps we should go to bed," said Ashitaka.
"Well, at least I'm going to bed. You don't have to."
"No, I'll go to bed as well," said San, a little reluctantly.
So Ashitaka and San both went to bed. San was very tired, but she
thought she had too much on her mind to sleep.
Then they were both in bed, but only Ashitaka had fallen asleep. San
was looking out the window, at the large, silver moon. She thought she saw a
wolf walking under the horizon, and she definitely heard its cries to the
moon. She felt as if the wolf were calling her.
Come back to us...
You don't belong with them...
Stay with your family...
Join the wolves...
By: Scratch
San looked around about her. She still could not believe where she
was. After all, it seemed so... unnatural. Living in a forest all her life,
and now, living in a house... like a human... it felt overwhelmingly strange.
San sometimes wondered why she even put herself in a situation like this one.
"San, I'm home!"
Then she remembered.
"Ashitaka," San answered.
"Yes, darling, I'm back," replied Ashitaka, San's husband.
This is why I'm here, San thought, I remember now.
She walked over to him. He took her hands and kissed her.
"How are you this morning?" Ashitaka asked her warmly.
"Just fine, nothing's new. How's the progress with Iron Town?" San
said.
"It's going great and I'm sure we're almost done building. It's so
wonderful that we can co-exsist with the forest now. We can live and build
without having to destroy the forest or animals!" Ashitaka said.
"They, you mean. They can build. Not us," San said stubbornly.
"San, you know there is peace between the animal tribes and the
humans now. We live together in a just, equal world. You can at least try to
accept them now, can't you? They're trying their best," said Ashitaka.
San sighed. "I know that. And I try to accept it, but... it's so
hard to forgive them for the past. All that forest... destroyed... and
Morro..." Tears welled up in San's eyes. She hated crying. It showed her
weakness, which animals, wolves, never do.
Ashitaka hated to see San sad. She was such a strong person, there
were times when he thought nothing could bring her tough nature and high
spirit down. But when something did, he was there to comfort the person he
loved.
"San, San, it's alright. The forest has grown again, hasn't it? And
Morro... well, everyone has to die at some point, and I guess it was just her
time," Ashitaka said, though he thought it was a weak attempt to comfort San.
"But Morro was a goddess! She was a wolf," cried San.
Ashitaka took San in his arms and moved his mouth toward her ear. He
whispered into it, "Wolves don't live forever... their species will be
eternal, though. They will hunt, play, run... there'll be wolves until the
end of eternity. And..." he said, "You'll be the goddess of them all."
San had tears in her eyes, and she hugged Ashitaka tighter. She
said, "It's hard to believe that you aren't a wolf."
"It's getting late. Perhaps we should go to bed," said Ashitaka.
"Well, at least I'm going to bed. You don't have to."
"No, I'll go to bed as well," said San, a little reluctantly.
So Ashitaka and San both went to bed. San was very tired, but she
thought she had too much on her mind to sleep.
Then they were both in bed, but only Ashitaka had fallen asleep. San
was looking out the window, at the large, silver moon. She thought she saw a
wolf walking under the horizon, and she definitely heard its cries to the
moon. She felt as if the wolf were calling her.
Come back to us...
You don't belong with them...
Stay with your family...
Join the wolves...