Praising Beauty

A very short story. The opening lines came to me suddenly, when I was staring out the window.

“Look up at the moon, my darling,” said the wolf to his mate. “See how bright it is? It’s glowing just for you,”
“But I’m only one wolf,” she sighed, leaning against him wearily. “Why would it shine for me?”
“Sweet Fabula; you are more bright and individual than any celestial being. A thousand moons couldn’t come close to your beauty,”

She smiled. “Stop that. You’re being ridiculous,”
“Am I? I swear, my words conceal no lies,”
Fabula laughed, then, a bright shining sound. She pulled away slightly, to gaze at her lover with amusement in her eyes. He looked so handsome in the moonlight. Surely she wasn’t as stunning as that?
“You’re being ridiculous,” she repeated, turning to pad slowly away.

He was by her side in an instant, matching her stride with a powerful, lupine gait.
“I mean what I say, sweetest Fabula. If I could conjure myself a pelt of purest moonlight, I would. Just to try and make myself deserving of such a goddess,”
She stopped. “You said that a thousand moons wouldn’t match my beauty. Why, then, would you coat yourself in moonbeams to capture my eye?”

He smiled at her playful tone, but there was a sadness in him too .“Because it would be as close as I could get. Come, now. Raise your nose and howl, to show the world how sweet is your voice,”
Eye sparkling, Fabula lifted her muzzle to the jewel encrusted sky, and let a great howling song escape her jaws. After a moment she heard another voice rising beside her, low and familiar. It could only be her mate. As their combined calls, ringing with love and longing, rose and fell on the still night air, the moon looked down on the wolves and smiled.

All nature is equally beautiful. Some may believe that others are more so than they, but nothing could be more untrue. Everything and everyone is perfect. Otherwise; why would nature have bothered to think of us in the first place?

Author's Note

Now, I know they don't behave like real wolves. But nor are they supposed to be taken as real wolves.

Reviews

[Britt Foster]

This is really good -- its very poetic and its beautifully written. It paints a nice picture in my mind...two wolves beneath the moonlight, howling simply to be heard. It's almost like those pictures of the typical wolf, where he is standing there beneath the stars and howling, but it adds to those pictures in the sense that it makes the animal /real/. It gives him a mate, a love, a background, a story... I love it.

I think you did really well in putting a lot of emotion into this.

Keep up the excellent work! ^^

[Tina Kline]

A very beautiful picture of two wolves who love each other. And its a very beautiful and romantic tale
of true love. And why couldn't two mated wolves have such a conversation? I can't see why not?

Very beautiful writing here!
I really love it!

[PaperHearts]

This was such a beautiful write! I have to admit, before I started reading this, I wasn't expecting anything more than a description of wolves howling at the moon. However, as soon as I began reading, I realised that your story was so much more than that! I think that you captured the ultimate power of love, beauty, perfection, and total unity really well. The combination between your evocative vocabulary and metaphorically thought-provoking characters made this such an enjoyable read! Well done,
~PaperHearts

[Kristarr]

Wolves mate for life. Aaaaah to be so loved to be seen in the way you describe by someone I love as passionately. The question at the end opened up a whole new realm of thought. Very beautiful and thought provoking.

[WriterMe]

Yeah, but that's perfectly alright. You gave just lines meaning and form and brought it out through the analogy of wolves. I think your description was simply breath-taking. The first few lines were indeed well thought of, considering the fact they came to you staring though a window. I wonder what you saw to give you such inspiration? Let me try staring out the window for a few minutes.
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Damn. I got an idea for a story. I know the opening lines to it too. Wow. Now doesn't that work? Haha. Great work =]