![]() ![]() When the girl reaches her grandmother's house, the snow is so thick that no tracks can be seen in it. She wraps the wolf's paw in cloth and continues on her way. ![]() She turns with her knife drawn to face the beast, and when it lunges, she cuts off its paw. The girl sets off on her journey unafraid because she knows the forest well.Īs she is walking, the girl hears a wolf's cry. Her mother sends her into the forest to bring food to her ill grandmother, arming her with a knife and warning her against the dangers of the woods. They are superstitious to the point of conducting witch-hunts and stoning any witches found (identified by a telltale third nipple) to death. ![]() The narrator of "The Werewolf" sets the story's ominous tone with the opening sentence: "It is a northern country they have cold weather they have cold hearts." The people in this country are poor and live short, hard lives. ![]()
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