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Page 1
Dumpling was on her way home when she heard it: a thin, frightened whimper from under the old pine, its branches heavy with snow.
She froze. Her ears flattened. Usually, when anything made a sound she did not know, Dumpling hid behind the nearest rock. But this sound was small, and it was shaking.
Page 2
She crept closer, one careful paw at a time. Curled in the snow lay a wolf cub, no bigger than a cabbage. Beside it, a line of pawprints led away towards the far ridge.
"They didn't notice I fell asleep," the cub sniffed.
"Then we'll follow them," said Dumpling, surprising herself.
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