“A woman adopted a weak and sick dog that needed help. After a long time, she learned that the animal she adopted was a wolf. After realizing this, she didn’t give up on him despite all the warnings. But she didn’t know at the time how this would change her life.
Bella was a lonely woman living alone in a small town in Siberia. She ran a small farm on the outskirts of the forest. Hunters would often come and go through this area, and after eating and resting for money, they would go on their way.
On one such ordinary day, a few men on their way back with their game knocked on Bella’s door. They had with them three small wolf cubs they had found in the forest, who had been left without their mother. The hunters spent the night there and left early the next morning. When they left, they left the weakest of the cubs in Bella’s garden.
When she found it, she thought it was a neighbor’s dog. She waited for the owner to come, but no one came for days. So Bella decided to take the helpless animal in and adopt it, to help it. Although he looked like a docile dog, he was a wild animal by nature. But Bella didn’t know that. He was constantly chasing the chickens and geese in the garden, running after them to hunt birds. But despite all this, he obeyed her and was able to control himself. In the summer, he spent all day in the garden, and at night and in the winter, Bella took him into the house. Although she found some aspects of him strange, she became very attached to this animal she named Oscar.
As the weeks passed, Oscar began to grow and as he grew, he began to change. Even though the neighbors understood the situation and told her that Oscar was a wolf, not a dog, and that he could pose a great danger and even kill her, Bella did not want to give up the animal she had lived with so long without any problems. Little did she know that this decision would soon change her life.
One day, months later, rumors began to circulate in the village that several prisoners had escaped from jail and were hiding in the local forests. The woman didn’t pay much attention as she had heard such unfounded rumors before. She saw no reason to be afraid. But a bad experience would prove her wrong.
Bella was drinking tea at home one evening when she was startled by a knock at the door. She opened the door without hesitation, thinking that the hunters passing by might have stopped by to catch their breath. But it was prisoners escaping from jail. As soon as the door opened, they rushed at Bella and tried to tie her up. They knew that she lived alone. That’s why they had chosen her as their victim, thinking that this house on the outskirts of the forest was a good opportunity to hide. Without the strength to resist or to cry out for help, Bella was helpless.
But there was one thing the men hadn’t counted on. Oscar realized what was happening and charged straight at them. That’s when he turned into a predator. He attacked these fugitives with all his ferocity. The men fled, but the wolf’s howl alerted the dogs, who began to bark. The people of the village rose up and went after the fugitives with their guns, capturing them and handing them over to the security forces.
Bella was shaken by the shock of this event. The wolf, which she had mistaken for a dog and which she could not give up despite all prejudices, had saved her life at the cost of his own life by showing great sacrifice.
