Still Wild

By TK Wade

Have you ever seen a dead possum on the roadside and wonder if it had a story? Who know?! Maybe, it did! Ever wonder what your pet gerbil is thinking? You might be surprised to find out! In this new collection of fables by T.K. Wade, you’ll get to see animals acting a little more human, and perhaps, we’ll learn a little more than we wanted to about ourselves. In the fanciful tradition of Aesop, see the animal kingdom in a way that you might not expect!

This collection also includes a new story called “Expectations” by Lynn Ann O’Toole. Enjoy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: TK Wade
• Release date: Jun 2, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311376428

TK Wade

T.K. Wade is a writer based in coastal North Carolina. His favorite author is L. Frank Baum who has inspired a great deal of his work. Although he specializes in children's literature, he enjoys writing in nearly every genre under the sun. He spends most of his time writing in a room filled with plush animals. Also, you can read his blog at http://tkwadeauthor.blogspot.com/Please enjoy!

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STILL WILD

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T.K. Wade

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Still Wild

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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

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STILL WILD

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Chapter 1

Three Rats

Once on a time, there were three rats who after doing some deeds of notoriety, had fallen into good favor with the queen of rats. This queen was the most beautiful of all rats in the world and was greatly desired by the many rodents across the sphere.

Among these three rats was the fancy rat who was well-known as the fashionable pet of a duke. His fur had an illustrious sheen, and he was considered quite handsome by his peers. The second among the rodents was the street rat. This rat had a very roughish appearance, but you may suppose that he was handsome in his own way. The third rodent was a hideous mole rat. This poor fellow was ugly beyond belief so that even to look at him would cause one to feel quite ill.

Once presented to the rat queen, she–at first–gazed down at her possible suitors. She was at once drawn to the handsome features of the fancy rat, but then when she saw the street rat, she was quite thrilled by his appearance. Sadly, she could only wince at the mole rat and wondered how he could have ever found favor in the ratly high courts.

So as it happened, the rat queen designed a test to assist her in choosing between the three whom wanted dearly her hand in mating. She posed a single question to these men, and the question was thus: If you would be mated to me–the queen of all rats–how would you make me happy?

The fancy rat yawned at first, for he had already