"Kit Reed - What Wolves Know" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reed Kit)

There are words Happy knows and words he does not choose to
understand. She growls, тАЬYou should have thought about that before you
snatched him.тАЭ

тАЬNot snatched,тАЭ the man says firmly. He says in a loud voice because
they are not alone here, тАЬRescued. This is not what you think,тАЭ he shouts to
the onlookers. тАЬThis is my long-lost brother, I went through hell to save
him.тАЭ

тАЬStuff it, Brent. They donтАЩt care who he is or what you did.тАЭ

тАЬI rescued him from a wolf pack in the wild!тАЭ

She says, тАЬThey arenтАЩt interested, theyтАЩre embarrassed.тАЭ

He shouts, тАЬThey stole him from our family!тАЭ He is trying to get Happy
on his feet but Happy flops every which way, like any puppy. Brent tells the
crowd, тАЬWhen they found him, the police called me.тАЭ

Happy gnashes at his hand.

тАЬOw!тАЭ Brent shouts over HappyтАЩs head, тАЬOlmstead. My name is on the
dogtag!тАЭ
 Dogtag. It is confusing. Is he less wolf than dog?

тАЬHush, Brent,тАЭ the woman says. тАЬLet me do this.тАЭ

Flat on his back with his paws raised, Happy lifts his head.

Unlike the pink man, the woman is gentle and she smells good. Hair.
Not fur. Nice hair. Clothes like flowers.

тАЬSweetie, are you all right?тАЭ

Oh, that soft purr. Happy wriggles, hoping to be stroked, but there will
be no stroking. What was that word he used to have?

MaтАЩam. It doesnтАЩt come out of his throat the way itтАЩs supposed to. At
least this part comes back: if you canтАЩt speak when they make a question,
you nod. Happy nods. She shows all her teeth (тАЬSee, Brent?тАЭ) and he
shows all his teeth right back to her in ... Oh! This is a smile. You do it
because they expect it. You always did. From nowhere Happy can name,
there comes a string of words: Songs my mother taught me. Now, why
does this make his heart break? He doesnтАЩt know what it means and he
doesnтАЩt want to know where itтАЩs coming from. Songs my mother ...

She touches his hair. Parts of Happy go soft andтАФoh! Another gets
hard. Smile for her, she is soft in interesting places. At eighteen Happy
feels like a puppy, but he isnтАЩt, not really.