We Are Wolves chapter sampler

Chapter Two

‘Opa,’ I call from the top of the basement stairs. ‘Supper is ready.’ ‘Come down here, Liesl,’ Opa calls back. ‘I have a surprise for you.’ I creep down the steps, careful not to fall. It’s so dark, I don’t know how Opa can see a thing. But as I near the workbench he turns up the oil lamp. ‘Ta-da!’ Opa spreads his hands toward his creation. ‘Brand-new boots for my Liesl!’ I gasp and step back. Opa has taken two pairs of boots that are so old and worn they are no longer any use and made them into one new pair. It’s a clever idea except that one boot is brown while the other is black. The toes and lace-holes are a little different too. ‘They’re … they’re …’ I stutter. ‘Just like the boots in the fairy tale about the elves and the shoemaker,’ says Opa. ‘The finest in the land!’ That’s not what I was thinking. ‘They’re …’ I bite my lip.

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