This was the kind of cold that you didn't sit down to think in, unless you wanted to be found dead in the same place in May or June. It took all the sense out of your brain and blew the snow into your eyes until they were glued shut and you had to rub spit into them before they would blink. It was the kind of cold that you booted and kicked your way through.Īnd then there was blind cold. Then there was hard cold, which was when the ice cold got deeper and deeper until at the end of a month you couldn't remember if the summer had ever really existed. It often came with blue skies and was good for skating. There was ice cold, which might take the skin off your palm if you let it, but probably wouldn't if you were careful. It was Feo's favorite weather: The snow was soft and good for making snow wolves. There was snow cold, which plucked at your arms and chapped your lips, but brought real rewards. This was the kind of cold that you didn't sit down to think in, unless you wanted to be found dead in the same place in May or June. It was fussy and loud and turned your cheeks as red as if you'd been slapped, but couldn't kill you even if it tried. There was wind cold, which Feo barely felt. A wolf wilder is the opposite of an animal tamer: it is a person who teaches tamed animals to fend for themselves, and to fight and to run, and to be wary of humans.When the murderous hostility of the Russian Army threatens her very existence, Feo is left with no option but to go on the run. Katherine Rundell, quote from The Wolf Wilder. Children are the toughest creatures on the planet. You will never be tougher than you are now. “There were, in Feo's experience, five kinds of cold. Fear is for people with brains and eyes and functioning nerve endings.
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