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Uncle Wolf

from Uncle Wolf by Clive PiG

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Rejigged version of story in Italo Calvino's collection of Italian Folktales, published by Penguin Classics

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Uncle Wolf
There was once a greedy little boy.
One day the teacher said to the school children. "If you are good & finish your sums, I will give you some pancakes.
But the little boy didn't do his sums & fell asleep at the back of the class. When he woke up, all the pancakes had been eaten & the children had gone home.
He cried all the way home & when he got there, he told his mother about what had happened.
" Never mind dear... I'll make you some pancakes, but first you'll have to go to Uncle Wolf' s to get the pancake pan."
The little boy went to Uncle Wolf' s house & knocked upon the door.
Knock! Knock!
"Who is it?"
"It's me!" said the little boy.
"For years & months, no-one has knocked at my door! What do you want?"
"Mamma sent me to ask if you'll lend us your pancake pan."
"Just a minute, let me put my trousers on." Knock! Knock!
"Just a minute, let me put my overcoat on." Knock! Knock!
"Just a minute let me put my shoes on."
At last, Uncle Wolf opened the door & gave him the pancake pan.
"I'll lend it to you but tell your Mamma to return it full of pancakes & also bring me a round loaf of bread & a bottle of wine."
Well, when he got home, his mother made a whole stack of pancakes for the little boy, all of which he gobbled with gusto.
When he'd finished his mother said.
Now take this pan full of pancakes to Uncle Wolf, along with this loaf of bread & bottle of wine but be sure to be back by nightfall."
The boy set off but along the way, the boy began sniffing the pancakes.
"Oh, what a wonderful smell. I think I'll just try one."
But then he had to try another & another & another & soon the pancakes were all gone.
Then he ate the bread down to the last crumb & next he drank all the wine down to the last drop.
On the road ahead, he saw some donkey dung which he put it into the pancake pan.
In the ditch beside, he saw some dirty water with which he filled the wine bottle.
At the bottom of the ditch he saw a round stone to replace the bread.
When he got to Uncle Wolf's, he gave him the whole horrible hodgepodge.
Uncle Wolf bit into a pancake.
"Ugh! This is donkey dung!"
He uncorked the bottle to wash the bad taste away.
"Ugh! This is dirty ditch water." He bit into the bread & broke a tooth.
"Ugh! This is a stone!"
He glared at the boy & said.
"Tonight, I'm coming to eat you."
The little boy ran all the way home to his mother & said,
“Tonight, Uncle Wolf is coming to eat me."
His mother went around closing the doors & windows & stopping up all the holes in the house; but she forgot to block up the chimney.
When it was night & the child was in bed, Uncle Wolf’s voice was heard outside the house.
"I'm coming to eat you. I'm in the garden."
Then footsteps were heard above his bedroom.
"I'm coming to eat you, I'm on the roof."
Then footsteps were heard through the wall.
"I'm coming to eat you, I'm in the chimney."
"Mamma, mamma, Uncle Wolf is coming to eat me!"
"Hide under the covers dear."
I'm coming to eat you, I'm in the fireplace. "
The boy curled up as small as possible in a corner of the bed.
"I'm coming to eat you, I'm in the room!"
The little boy held his breath.
"I'm going to eat you now, I'm at the foot of the bed! Ahem, here I go.”
And he gobbled him up, down to his little pink toes.
So, remember this tale & heed it well, Uncle Wolf always eats greedy little boys.

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from Uncle Wolf, released April 1, 2010

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Clive PiG Newton Abbot, UK

Clive PiG is an International Storyteller, musician and potato juggler.
www.clivepig.co.uk

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