Infants-Personal Narrative

From the moment I first opened my eyes as an infant, I had no idea that the family that had been raising me was different from me. I couldn’t see myself, and no one told me that I looked any different from them. I just felt like I belonged. The wolves had brought me into their domain as a newborn, and I knew nothing else from the life that I had been living with them. My skin offered no protection from the cold like their heavy fur coats did, but I looked past it. I wore moose and bear skins in the cold months and ran bare in the warmer months. My hands were weighted down with callouses, and my nails were tough and strong. I learned to be strong as a young girl running among them, and though I was called names and made fun of by my peers,
I kicked and squirmed and fought, but the animal was unrelenting. They knocked at me with their paws and tried to bite me, but I fought back. I clamped my teeth against their shoulder like my friend Convel, a warrior wolf, taught me to. The beast didn’t relent, and continued to bash at me. But, in the middle of trying to block their windpipe, I realized that I recognized that fur, those paws, those pointed ears. I recognized their breathing pattern and the whimper in their throat. I threw them as far away as I could, curling back up against the rock to protect myself if he comes at me
I’ve noticed, alright? I know that other wolves make fun of you and don’t think that you’re one of us. But you know what? You are one of us. You’ve made yourself a place here in our pack, and I know that you’ve worked yourself to death to make it that way, as your mother has. You are an amazing wolf, even if you aren’t one in body. You are in mind, in spirit. And that’s more than I could ask for, Eulee. I know we’ve only been friends since we were pups, but I’ve come to fall for you. I’ve come to realize that yes, you are different, but I honestly could care less. You’re so important, not just to this pack, but also to me, and I know that you and I could create a new family, a new bloodline of wolves to make our pack greater and stronger.” The hot pricks in the corners of my eyes came back, and I could feel them start to trickle down my