Men and Wolves Page #4

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that I hang from a tree as bait?

Giovanni!

We made it at last!

I was sure he would fall in it.

It doesn't seem true, Giovanni!

It doesn't seem true!

Beautiful beast!

It's a female! Seems pregnant. - It's so

long that I wanted to take a wolf alive!

But at least get help from someone.

I go to town, to call people.

- No!

No, otherwise we must go halves!

And then, I want to make it alone!

Listen to me, at least once!

Alright.

But be quick, for soon it snows.

- Yes.

Don't you try and do it alone, okay?

- Yes, but go.

And bring Pasqualino,

for he's never seen a live wolf.

Come! Come on!

I'll get you alone!

Come here!

Dad caught a she-wolf, he took her alive!

Damn, just today that I wasn't there!

Where was that? - About 2 km.

Let's go, I'll come too.

What's up?

- Giovanni took a wolf alive!

Giovanni!

Giovanni!

- Dad!

I hear howling!

Must be the wind.

- What wind! Are wolves!

It's around here, we're almost there.

Mom!

Giovanni?

Giovanni!

Giovanni!

Daddy! Daddy!

Daddy!

...then there are two teams of beaters.

A group comes from the left

and the other from the right.

If they can dig them out, it's done.

Look.

They must necessarily pass by there,

they have no other way.

The rest is up to us. But beware, you!

It isn't easy.

The shot is a bit long.

Here we go!

Stay calm!

Nazareno!

I got him, Nazareno!

Come, come!

But I had shot at the other one.

So I missed him!

But I shot at this one and I did him in.

Alright that was far away, but this...

Don't get mad

if I tell you something, huh?

In your cartridges I had put sawdust!

- The usual cheat!

You know, I must recover my reputation.

And the other wolf?

Hurry, they're back!

They killed a wolf!

Teresa,

they say is the one of the leghold trap.

I bet it was Ricuccio. Let's go see!

The wolves, we must forget them.

Push, Pasqualino!

I had told you we had to stay here!

Now the wolves can be taken.

They understood that Dad is gone,

and they go for walks all day!

But this has all four legs.

- It's not the one of the leghold trap!

Is one of the herd

that attacked Giovanni in the woods.

You sell the skin? I'll buy it.

It won't be fake this as well, no?

No, this is real.

I assure you myself.

I too could catch a wolf as they did!

They were a regiment!

Giovanni went alone.

Stop at my house, Ricu',

I'll give you the lamb. You've earned it!

Why don't we stop too?

Bravo Ricuccio!

- I'll give you 3 liters of oil.

And us, 10 kilos of flour!

What a lord with all these gifts, Ricu'!

Beautiful, huh?

Mom, why do you run away like that?

Let's stop, Mom!

Pasqualino!

Where are you going?

- Ricuccio!

Did you see what a wolf?

Teresa!

Wait a minute.

Just look at this.

This is certainly one of the wolves

that have mauled your husband.

It 's yours!

Yes, it's true! It's one of those who

were close to Giovanni, in the woods.

You don't even have to thank, Tere'.

Sure, it is so!

- Teresa, take it, the wolf is yours.

Do you hear them?

Everybody says so.

The reward is for you

as it would be for Giovanni.

Don't be proud!

This beast is yours as much as ours.

What you leave you lose!

Don't listen to him!

Your husband would refuse. - Accept!

No.

She's right! She's in mourning

and must respect her husband's memory.

Don't accept!

They must all give us something,

not only here but also in nearby villages.

This is how it's done,

when one kills the wolf.

You know that better than me.

I want to help you

because I am poor like you.

I wouldn't feel like a man, if I didn't!

Where will you go

with a winter like this?

We collect the gifts from the people,

and meanwhile you wait here for spring.

Accept, Teresa.

Friendship is nicer than pride.

How many days will they be away?

But you hope there will be

something for you?

Well, depending on how it goes.

- It'll be fine!

Come back when the cart is full, okay?

And get busy, don't be lazy!

Knock door to door, as we have done here.

Insist especially with the rich.

The wine is there?

- Yes, but no bread.

The oven will turn on after tomorrow.

- Borrow it from someone.

She took comfort pretty soon!

We already collected a lot of stuff.

Rest assured, we will not die of hunger.

Even if I were to steal.

But now we must go on.

You know, Giovanni,

we'll be around so many days.

Come on, help the wolfer!

Yeah, the wolfer! And us, who can help us?

The cold burned everything!

That's all I can give. It's a bad year!

Dear and beautiful friends,

look at the dead wolf...

lay your hand

on your heart and conscience...

of bread and maize

no one in life can do without...

no one in life can do without...

Come on, all this racket for a wolf!

He could kill your sheep!

What do I care about wolves!

Anyway, I'm going to America!

But, where is Pasqualino now?

Pasqualino!

Don't worry, won't be far away.

Pasqualino!

There he is!

What's he got on him?

Mom, look! Two wolf cubs!

How did you get them?

- I had to go potty and I saw them.

I ran after them holding my pants.

You are more clever than a wolfer,

I tell you!

The she-wolf! - Let's go!

- But I didn't go potty yet!

Ricuccio!

Ricuccio?

These wolf cubs are always hungry.

If I get bored, I start beating them!

Milk in the morning,

at noon, in the evening...

We do this round just to feed them!

Pasqualino!

Stop, Mom!

It's Ricuccio.

I've been looking for you for an hour!

Couldn't you wait for me?

At least some regard, right?

Where have you been?

Get some sleep,

you haven't slept a wink last night.

Walk!

I had to do.

At a certain age, one should settle down.

A girl, I found her, at Vischio.

She owns half the town.

If I succeed in the hit,

I'm settled forever.

What say you? I do well?

If you like her...

You know, I don't wanna keep on

running after wolves all my life.

If you stay poor, it means you're

no good at it! You haven't got it yet?

Giovanni never thought in this way.

He never made these speculations.

We saw it! He died like a dog

for a couple of sausages and some flour.

Mom!

What're you doing?

Get off and go away! Get away!

Nice gratitude!

If I wasn't there, you'd die of hunger!

Yes, you're right.

Giovanni was a good man.

We should all be like him.

But easier said than done!

I don't wanna be exploited!

It is I who wants to exploit others!

Not even you, know what you want.

You act so cunning! But you too,

if you want to eat, you need a dead wolf.

Ricu', she's no longer angry. Climb on!

The wolfer is here!

The wolfer has come!

The wolfer!

The wolfer is here!

The wolfer!

Knock on some doors.

Mom, you heard how the voice rumbles?

Won't there be spirits?

It's useless to knock.

But there's no one?

They're gone.

The earthquake, earthquake!

But then this village is all ours!

I can get in where I want!

Of course!

We have twenty...

thirty,...

fourty, fifty houses!

Come, Pasqualino, let's open everything!

- I want to see if I can find a treasure!

Now I catch you!

Come on!

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