Sketchy Behavior

Mask of the Stone Wolf

One day, for unknown reasons, a village in the deep forests of the Netherlands became surrounded by a pack of vicious wolves who attacked anyone who tried to leave the village.

In this village the local welder had an idea- he would create a mask. This mask would allow him to fool the wolves into believing he wasn’t human, allowing him leave the village with the wolves attacking him so he could bring supplies back with him. Amazingly, with the mask on, the wolves thought the man to be a fellow animal like them and let him pass. After many trips to and fro, the young welder because increasingly believed he could remove the mask in front of the wolves to show them that he was human, and they could coexist. So one day while passing by the wolf pack he took off the mask, smiling and gesturing to the wolves that he and the mask are one and the same.

The idea was shortsighted however- the wolves were not pleased they were tricked by the mask, and immediately killed the man, and overran the village killing mostly everyone. The survivors, unable to fetch aid, perished soon after. Ater the last human died, the wolf pack abandoned the village, leaving the mask untouched. Found years later after the incident, the mask was given such a name because for some unknown reason, the wolves clearly held hearts of stone towards men.

© 2009 Art Charger.