The Wounded Wolf by Jean Craighead George

Summary: The Wounded Wolf by Jean Craighead George is about Roko who becomes the injured wolf on a hunt during the "season of starvation", struggles to survive and is later rescued by his pack leader, Kiglo

Characters:

Roko - He is "the wounded wolf"

Kiglo - The pack leader

Ravens - Their "kong, kong" sound resonates the closeness of Roko's death

White Fox - It's "hahaha" is a realization of Roko's struggle to stay alive

Snowy Owl - Follows Roko in a way that is cautious

Grizzly Bear - Wakes from his winter's rest and follows the train of animals that have followed Roko into a corner

Caribou - The animals that Roko's pack had been chasing during the season of starvation

Musk-ox - By forming a circle, they alert Roko to the grizzly that has awakened

Section 1:

At dawn Roko, a wolf wounded by caribou, looks at his pack which is led by Kiglo leave him when he is "gravely" wounded during the season of starvation
Wounded Roko is followed by ravens, a white fox and an owl because they are hungry and he is hurt; he can become potential food if he dies
The Ravens say "kong, kong" and the white fox says "hahaha" as they follow the injured Roko
After smelling "the wind", Roko realizes that the grizzly bear has awakened from his "winter's sleep" and will have a craving for flesh
Roko "strains" to reach "the shelter rock" as the other animals follow
The raven picks at Roko's wound, the white fox picks at Roko's toes as the owl gets even closer and the the grizzly bear "stumbles onto Toklat Ridge"
Very close to the shelter Rock, Roko falls and the ravens attack him as the white fox attacks his wound, the owl "waits"
Roko gets up, manages to shake off the ravens and the white fox and wedges himself into shelter rock
Roko is protected on three sides and growls at all of the animals following him
Roko here's his pack sing the "hunt's end" song and take roll call in the "Toklat pack"
Kiglo sounds off twice but Roko cannot lift his head to answer at either time and the pack remains silent
The raven calls his "kong, kong" which alerts Roko's pack that he is dying
Kiglo breaks up the animal train that had followed Roko to his near death
Kiglo brings Roko meat and "excitedly" wags his tail
Roko honors Kiglo by licking Kiglo's chin
Kiglo tells Roko that Kiglo is Roko's leader by putting his mouth around his nose which binds the pack
Roko wags his tail
As Roko feels better as Kiglo brings food to him for days
The scraps of food go to he animals who once followed him and even to a "long-tailed jaeger full
Roko wags his tail
On a dawn, he "walks" and "romps" and the "hunt's end song" is sung an a roll call is made
As the pack remains silent, Kiglo and Roko twice say that they are there
The dawn is filled with celebration and Roko "prances down the Ridge" finally at great strength to completely join the pack

Other Notes:

Jean Craighead George's authenticity of the animals in her stories comes from her upbringing in a rural environment where she grew up around animals and nature
Jean Craighead George calls her work "documentary novels" for the nature that she describes within her work is true to life