Washer the Raccoon

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Washer was a very young little Raccoon to be instructing a full-grown wolf, but all of his family had been born with imagination. He could remember how he and his brothers had o...

"Well done, Little Brother," Mother Wolf would say proudly when he had out-distanced all his brothers. "Some day you will be a mighty hunter. Who knows but you may be leader of...

Mother Wolf had such confidence in Washer that she did not doubt his word. She knew that Little Brother would not deceive her to protect one of his own people.

There was no answer, and Washer opened both eyes. If it was Mother Wolf who had made the rustling sound, she would have answered his question immediately. Washer concluded that...