My sister went into the woods and she never came back. Something must have eaten her. Where am I going to get more food? I’ve gone into the woods and I’ve eaten all the nuts I can find. the snow is coming and oh, I’m so cold!

The wolves are howling, and I’m howling with them. Are they hungry, too? Friend wolf, I will follow you. We’ll run together and find something to eat. I’m just like you, friend wolf. Look, I’m becoming you!

Child Left to the Wolves in The Boy and the Wolves, Yellow Fairy Book. Illustration by H.J. Ford.