It's not unusual for hunters to lay out traps, though these were mostly a deterrent to keep predators away from the village. It was old, but it was enough to tell me that I wasn't too far from home at least. More importantly, the cub's paw was trapped and it couldn't get out. Since I didn't see sign of its pack, I guessed that it must have wandered off and got lost.
[Same as him, ah ha.]
As you can guess, I felt bad for it, so although it was ready to bite me if I got too close, I walked around, undid the trap, and let it free. It was surprised at first before it tried to run off, but its paw was too injured. I could have left it alone, but I knew it would die as it was. So I managed to coax it so I could treat its paw, using the snow to clean it and then wrap some cloth around it. I think then it began to trust me and let me pick it up to carry it away.
But then I noticed it was getting darker and colder and I still hadn't figured out the way back home. I could only pick a direction and hope I was going the right way.
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Close. It was a wolf cub.
It's not unusual for hunters to lay out traps, though these were mostly a deterrent to keep predators away from the village. It was old, but it was enough to tell me that I wasn't too far from home at least. More importantly, the cub's paw was trapped and it couldn't get out. Since I didn't see sign of its pack, I guessed that it must have wandered off and got lost.
[Same as him, ah ha.]
As you can guess, I felt bad for it, so although it was ready to bite me if I got too close, I walked around, undid the trap, and let it free. It was surprised at first before it tried to run off, but its paw was too injured. I could have left it alone, but I knew it would die as it was. So I managed to coax it so I could treat its paw, using the snow to clean it and then wrap some cloth around it. I think then it began to trust me and let me pick it up to carry it away.
But then I noticed it was getting darker and colder and I still hadn't figured out the way back home. I could only pick a direction and hope I was going the right way.