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RE: STACH Short Story Contest #31: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SB prize pool!

in #contest7 years ago

hello this is my entry.

ANDRES THE WOLF CHILD
Andrés was a 3-year-old son of a very humble woman who worked as a servant with a very wealthy family. His mother always took him to work because he had no one to leave him with. One day some criminals entered the mansion and killed all the servants including the mother and took the child thinking that he was the boss's son. With the intention of asking for a ransom for him, by not giving it to him they decided to abandon him in the middle of the jungle, where he was raised with a pack of wolves. Those animals taught him to eat, to hunt and how to walk in the jungle to defend against predators. Time later it was found by some hunters who kept him with them while adapting him to civilization, teaching him to talk and to walk since he did it on all fours. Once civilized, they took him to the city to tell his story. The boy who is now a young man does not remember his biological mother but he does miss his wolf pack that raised him and taught him to survive in that world that he considers wonderful as is the jungle.