Wolf Hut (or `What Happened When the Three Little Pigs got Bigger`)
by 
andinadia
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Posted: Saturday, April 4, 2015 Word Count: 270 Summary: Wolf Hut is my name for an actual wonderful cafe in the park where I live, which is a converted changing hut with exterior walls painted with Tudor portraits! The title has a sub-title (not an alternative title!) |
This is intended as a Pinteresque mood piece, based on role reversals. Not entirely sure where it's going yet so I wanted to see if it provoked any thoughts among lovely co-writers. It started out with the title (of course!), and almost became a regular narrative of a child (Little Wolf) foiling a bank robbery plot, a sort of Gilray commentary on financial greed. Now I think it might be a whole lot more interesting ... as understated as possible for such a young audience.
Spread 1
Little Wolf had already locked the door when he heard a sneeze.
It was nearly dark but Little Wolf could see a big shape outside. Huge. He couldn’t leave someone standing out in the rain. He unlocked the door and let the shape in.
(a/w: It’s dusk, midwinter, raining outside. Little Wolf is a child-sized wolf standing inside the door of the café. We can see a large blurred shape through the glass of the door. Behind the shape we can make out a park in the fading light.)
Spread 2
The customer took off his hat and shook his ears.
Big Wolf looked hard at the customer and remembered something from a long time ago.
“Tea?” Big Wolf asked.
“Yes,” the customer said, in a deep voice.
Big Wolf narrowed his eyes.
“Please,” the customer said, and he sat at the middle table.
(a/w: A large pig in an undersized greatcoat and pin striped trousers enters the cafe. We can see the ends of his pin-striped jacket poking from the ends of his coat sleeves. Big Wolf is standing behind the counter.)
Spread 1
Little Wolf had already locked the door when he heard a sneeze.
It was nearly dark but Little Wolf could see a big shape outside. Huge. He couldn’t leave someone standing out in the rain. He unlocked the door and let the shape in.
(a/w: It’s dusk, midwinter, raining outside. Little Wolf is a child-sized wolf standing inside the door of the café. We can see a large blurred shape through the glass of the door. Behind the shape we can make out a park in the fading light.)
Spread 2
The customer took off his hat and shook his ears.
Big Wolf looked hard at the customer and remembered something from a long time ago.
“Tea?” Big Wolf asked.
“Yes,” the customer said, in a deep voice.
Big Wolf narrowed his eyes.
“Please,” the customer said, and he sat at the middle table.
(a/w: A large pig in an undersized greatcoat and pin striped trousers enters the cafe. We can see the ends of his pin-striped jacket poking from the ends of his coat sleeves. Big Wolf is standing behind the counter.)