Stay you here." But she married in the villages, and did not return.
The little brother was left all alone, and lived on roots and berries.

He one day found a den of young wolves and fed them, and the mother-wolf seemed so friendly that he visited her daily.

So he made the acquaintance of the great wolf family, and came to like them, and roam about with them, and he no longer was lonesome or wished for the company of men.
One day the pack of wolves came near the villages, and the little boy saw his brother fishing and his sister weaving under a tree.

He drew near them, and they recognized him.
"Come to us, little brother," said they, sorry that they had left him to the animals.
"No--no!" said he.

"I would rather be a wolf.