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The Last Wolf of Dartmoor

For many years Kyloe the wolf lived a solitary life high amongst the remote tors of Dartmoor. His life was simple and safe, food was plenty and at the first sign of humans he would simply hide amongst the granite outcrops, basically nobody knew of his existence. Sometimes on clear moonlit nights he would venture to the edge of his land of granite and with his head cocked to one side would stare perplexedly at the twinkling lights of habitation way down in the little valley. Always something deep inside told him that below was an exciting and different world but more importantly there was danger. So after a while he would lope off back to the land where he was happiest and his curiosity would be slaked for a while. But over the months he found himself more and more inexplicably drawn to this world and his thirsty bewilderment became stronger and stronger until the fateful night when from below he heard the cry of another wolf.

The hairs on his mane bristled and a shiver shot down his spine. Slowly he descended to the edge of the village all the time something was telling him to stop and return to the high moor but he ignored the fatal warning of instinct. Suddenly he noticed in a nearby garden the prettiest wolf he had ever seen, her name was Angel. She had lived with the humans all her life. From a pup she had been brought up by a local peat cutter who had found her wandering the moor. From that time onwards Kyloe would venture down to see Angel as much as possible, on many occasions travelling vast distances to be with her. Before long they were both deeply in love with each other and this new world of companionship, love and sharing started to become a way of life for Kyloe. But on returning to the moors after each visit something kept telling him he was a wild free spirit and that village was not of his world, the frustration and anger of this confusion of emotions would make him turn and howl down the wind in torment. Despite the pain and misgivings he kept returning to Angel. They started to plan a life together where she would leave the life she knew and on the high moor they would find a den, have pups and live by each others side forever.

The day soon arrived early next Easter when side by side they climbed the steep slope from the village up to the craggy land of granite. A den was soon found amongst the rocky slopes of Hound tor and life became idyllic and fulfilling. That was until the fateful night when Kyloe was returning to the den past The Whitmoor Stone circle. Nearby he noticed a party of hunters walking towards their home. Angel as usual came out to meet him, she had not noticed the men with their guns. Suddenly one of the hunters spotted Angel , lifted his gun and took careful aim. Kyloe in desperation raced across the clitter slope and as the hunter fired he sprang into the air and lept toward Angel, the bullet ripped into his side with searing pain. Angel saw Kyloe crumple to the ground and made to run to him but with his last breath he told her to flee back to the lowlands before the hunters killed her too.

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