During an elk hunt, Father teaches Swift how to run the elk to uncover the weakest one but it is Sharp who helps make the kill and who feeds after Father and Mother. So he and Mother go off to mark out their territory to warn the stranger-wolves away. He learns about the ravens and how they work with the wolves, about how men kill wolves and works on his hunting skills.Īs summer turns to fall, Father notes there are many more wolves in their area. Swift learns not to hunt skunks, eat mushrooms or white berries nor badgers, wolverines or porcupines. But Swift sits with Father watching him watch the mountainside that is their home.

Swift eats more and runs faster but Sharp is stronger and larger. Despite his best efforts, Swift can never quite get his larger brother Sharp to drop his tail to him. Swift learns this is elk meat, the 'life of the pack'.ĭuring the summer, the pack hunts and Swift and his brothers and sisters enjoy the elk meat.

In the world Swift meets other members of the pack, Song the hunger, pup-watcher Growl and Father who gives him a lump of predigested meat. Eventually at night, Mother orders the young wolf pups out of the den and into the world. Although Swift is eager to go into the world outside the den, he is warned not to do so by Mother. Swift named because he was the first to stand and walk, has a brother named Sharp who is bigger and a brother named Warm who is smaller, as well as sisters named Pounce and Wag. The story opens with the birth of a wolf pup named Swift into a large wolf pack. The story is based on the real life events surrounding a wild wolf known as OR-7 who was named Journey. A Wolf Called Wander tells the story of a young wolf who undertakes an incredible journey of survival after his pack is destroyed.

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