Never Cry Wolf Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 1 Summary

Chapter 1 Summary

Farley Mowat retraces the steps that led up to his studying of wolves in central Keewatin. When he is five-years-old, Mowat is put under the care of his grandparents, while his parents go on vacation. His grandparents live in Oakville, in a house known as "Greenhedges." One day, Farley goes on a hike and comes upon a shallow pool of water, where three catfish are desperately gasping for water. Intrigued, Mowat drags the catfish from the pool in order to watch them die, but is soon amazed at their resistance to death. Rather than kill the fish, he puts them in a water filled can and takes them back to his grandparents' house, where he releases them in his grandparent's toilet. Late in the evening, his grandmother is startled to find the three fish in her toilet and, amidst the resultant chaos, Farley's cousin flushes the fish. This incident, according...
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