C: Hey There, Little Red Riding Hood….
Do you think that most of us have some primal, unrealistic fear of wolves ? As a child I did. As an adult I have grown to love reading and learning about wolves, but that interest also has heavy overtones of some vague fear not so far in the back of my mind. When I was about five years old my father, fresh from law school, was an insurance adjuster. This job kept him traveling all over our state. I vividly recall one evening over supper his recounting of a trip he had made to a small town about sixty miles south of us. “ A large pack of wild dogs are on the loose down there, ” he said. “ The entire community is on the lookout, and kids can’t stay out and play until they round them up .” “ Why can’t the kids play out ?” I asked, wondering how a group of dogs could be a problem. “ C, these are wild dogs ,” he replied. “ They’re dangerous. The kids can’t play out because they could be snatched and dragged off by the dogs. They a...