A wolf is looking for food. He is very hungry. One evening, he sees some chickens
in a yard. He wants to eat those chickens. But there is a dog in the yard, too.
the dog is very big and strong. the wolf does not want to fight the dog, but he
is very, very hungry. he waits near the yard.
The wolf sees a man come out of the house. The man gives some food to the dog.
then he goes back in the house.
"Good evening," the wolf calls to the dog.
"Good evening," answers the dog. He is eating his dinner.
the wolf says, "Do you get food every day?"
"two times a day," answers the dog. " I get breakfast in the morning and dinner in the evening."
He eats some more. Then he looks at the wolf. "Are you hungry? Come live
here with me. this is a good life. I help the man a little. At night I sleep near the chickens. No animals can
get them."
The dog eats all his dinner and sits down. He says to the wolf,
"you are always running and fighting. your life is not easy. come
live here. Life is easy here."
The wolf sits down near the dog. He thinks, "Why not? I can eat
every day here, and I can have a friend."
But then he looks at the dog.
"What is that under your ears?" he asks.
"What?" says the dog.
"Look at your neck! It is all red!" says the wolf.
"Oh, that is nothing," says the dog.
"Nothing!" says the wolf. "It is terrible!"
"No, no, says the dog. "It is the chain. In the day, the farmer
puts a chain on my neck."
"A chain!" says the wolf. "So you can't run. You must stay there
by the house all day!"
"Yes," answers the dog.
"Then no, thank you,my friend. I cannot stay here with you. I do not
want a chain on my neck. I am going back to my old life.
Good-bye!" And the wolf runs away, still hungry.