A wolf pup is born. A malcadh, wolf language for cursed one. The rules must be obeyed. The parents of the malcadh are to be cast out of the clan forever, they are to join new seperate clans and start a new life. The malcadh is to be taken by the "Obea" to it's tummfraw to die. But the pup does not die. It is swept down the river where it gets snagged on the foot of a great grizzly bear. The bear ends up adopting the pup and the pup gets to know the grizzly as Thunderheart. Thunderheart names the pup Faolan. Fao means river as well as wolf and Lan means gift. Faolan survives. But Faolan learns that he must join a clan. Then he is mistaken for a wolf with the foaming mouth disease. Any wolf with this disease must be killed immediately. Can Faolan survive? And what will life be like when he joins a clan?
I often get mixed up with all the wolf words for this and that but I still like the way the wolves and bears have all of their names for everything.
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