Life and Death
our story is about A young wolf named Koda he's kind of plane for a wolf,black fur coverd most of his body with a white fur tiping his tail and back left paw.
The World seemed to have it out for young koda. Life was hard and unfair it felt like always trying to beat him down. he always tried to keep his head up,something his mother told him all his life "keep you head up son cause you are loved and you always will be" These words ran in his head as he layed in his makeshift bed he made out of leaves and sticks.He would dream about the days when he had a room and a house and a mom and dad. Some nights he would have nightmares of when his parents died and left him alone. He never knew how they died just that one day they left for work and never came back. Now his home consisted of a hole under a tree that sat next to a cliff looking over the ocean.
Koda had learned how to fend for himself. Seting traps for food and learning which plant life he could eat mostly by trial and error. He had been living like this for 6 months often times he would wonder why no one came to get him from his home, why didn't anyone tell him what happend to his parents. He was only 16 able to take care of himself but still needing guidance and love. He had so many questions that needed answers but deep down he knew they would never come. So he just setteled in to his new life in the woods. Koda began to love the tree that housed him. It shaded him on hot days and its leaves helped keep the rain out also provideing him with a bed. Other than his parent the tree was the only other thing in the world that cared for him he thought.
One morning he woke to a awful pain in his side. He held his body shakeing with pain praying it would end soon. Finaly after 20 minutes the pain slowly faded away. Takeing a deep breath all kinda of thoughts went threw his head like did he eat something poisonis or did some thing bite him in his sleep. He steped out side and looked out over the ocean seeing a storm comeing in. He took off in to the woods to look for fire wood to get him threw the storm. He had some already but not knowing how bad the storm was going to be he figured he would need some more.
The storm came up alot faster that the thought it would and he had to find shelter in a hollow log. The storm was bad with strong wind and heavy rain. He worred about the tree and if it would be able to with stand the awful weather. After an hour the storm finally passed he raced back to his home to see the damage. As he came up on his house he found his fears where true. The tree lay along the edge of clif. Koda droped to his knees and cryed for his fallen friend. "What am i going to do" know he thought feeling completly alone now. After koda pulled himself to his feet the walked over to where the tree lay and huged it. "Goodbye my friend" he said and he began to cry again. He huged the tree for along time before he let go and started to make repairs to his home.
That night the pain in his side came back worse than before Koda felt like his side was going to rip itself apart. He layed there wincing from the pain. Then suddenly the pain stoped and he couldn't think anymore, he couldn't feel his breathing anymore and his vision went blurry and faded to black. All he could hear was the slow thuding of his heart. Koda tryed to pull his mind together,all the could think was that he was dieing. His thought became something that he knew, but why? His mind began to wonder away again to dark places, he thought maybe the world hated him it took everything he loved away from him.
Then he began to think that even if the world did hate him he knew love and was loved in return. He swore he could hear his mother's voice again "keep you head up son cause you are loved and you always will be" he found comfert in this thought so he used what littel energy he had left to keep this thought playing it over and over in his head. How long had he been like this he thought, when was he going to die not that he wished for it,but if he was going to die why did have to take so long? He suddenly felt warm and the blurryness of his thoughts was gone. It didn't matter he couldn't think anymore anyway he guessed the warm feeling ment he was passing but he didn't mind he was going to be with is parents again and have his happyness again. He knew he was ready then he knew what his mother ment. To never let the world tear you down love yourself and love others. To keep that love and happiness in your heart no matter what happens because in the end that love and happiness will come back to you if you want it to. So fight off the sadness and pain of life cause its always going to be there the trick is to overcome it and move foward. Even if you fall just pick yourself up and dust yourself off cause nothing can stop you. Koda smiled and took a deep breath for the last time.
Koda died two days after the storm. Many years passed before one day a small sprout had made its way from the dirt where the tree once stood..Just before the sun broke over the horizon Koda's spirit sat down next to the tree sprout and smiled "Welcome Back my friend" he said as he looked over the ocean at the rising sun.