Into The Wild: A Fictional Narrative

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Long ago there was a village in plains that was very happy and kind. They were from the Blackfoot tribe in the plains and they were very grateful for everything they had, and they thought that they were very lucky. Whenever anyone from the village killed an animal they thanked the animal for it’s kindness and they also thanked it for giving them food. And they were also very well protected because their leader Jeyba was the strongest man in the plains, Jeyba was tall, he had black hair, black eyes, and he was very muscular, he looked very intimidating, but on the inside he was a very kind and gentle but if someone angered him he could be very dangerous.

But one day a pack of fierce, ruthless, savage wolves came to the village and hunted and ate most of the bison, and buffalo and after a few weeks there were almost no more animals for the villagers to eat. The whole village was very worried because the wolves ate so many animals in such a short time, so the
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The men were getting very angry but they didn’t want to make enemies so they went back to the village to talk about it. The men told Jeyba about what happened and Jeyba was extremely angry and said “I will go deal with them!”.

So, Jeyba made a very crafty plan to kill A-Whroo. The next day Jeyba went to where A-Whroo was and said “Leave this village in one week or you will have to fight me, but if you win I will give you the whole village, but if I win you will have to leave and never come back!”, all of the wolves in A-Whroo’s pack laughed because they all knew that Jeyba was very strong and mighty but A-Whroo was much more powerful than Jeyba. Jeyba knew that they wouldn’t leave and he already prepared for

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