The Wolf Who Cried Boy

Bali Rai

F6 – 95 WPM

The Wol Who Cried BOY

A young wolf spots machines in the forest and rushes to tell his pack.

But they don’t believe him. At the same time, a boy with a well-known love for tales sees the wolf and runs to tell his village. Will he be believed?

How will these two storytellers find a way to stop the destruction of the forest?

The

Wol Who

Cried

Bali Rai Illustrated by

Komal Pahwa Wolf who cried boy FINAL ART 8mm Spine.indd 1

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Contents

The village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The humans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The wolves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The animals of the forest . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Meet a real Indian wolf! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Chapter 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 The Boy Who Cried Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Chapter 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Meet a real Bengal tiger! . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Chapter 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Habitat loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Endangered animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 About the author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 About the illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Book chat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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The village

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The humans

Mani

Jeeva

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The wolves

Minstrel

Noor

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Chapter 1 Minstrel loved exploring the forest. He loved to run far and wide. He even ventured out of range, despite his mother’s warnings.

“But I meet dragons and princesses,” Minstrel often replied. “Witches and wizards!”

“Yes, of course you do,” his mother would say.

Minstrel’s imagination had no limits. He saw things other wolves did not see. Giant trolls disguised as trees. Elephants hiding in the tall grass. Mermaids instead of silvery fish.

Minstrel was a storyteller. He liked to make things up. The elder wolves had another name for Minstrel. They called him Liar.

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