The Withdean Wood Wolf

This story was written over the course of two wet weekend days in
May 2003.

It is part of the results created by the Landmark Artists Creative
Treasure Trail in Withdean Woods, Brighton. These will be on show at
the Booth Natural History Museum, Dyke Road, Brighton from 24th May to
1st June 2003. Do come along!

This story was found in a little suitcase at the bottom of a tree. All
those participating had written one more section - and they had only
seen what the person before them had written. We have added the odd
little bit to make it link!
The ...s indicate when a new person takes over!

Here's the story of the The Withdean Wood Wolf:

She had hidden for so long in the wood. The animals knew she was there,
but they respected her as the great, white, wood queen. Squirrels did
what squirrels do, rabbits did what rabbits do, and the white wolf did
what wolves do.

Occasionally, there had been headlines in the newspapers:

"Mysterious Footprint Found In The Wood."

"Large Cat-Like Creature Spotted At The Dead Of Night"

"Is There A Puma In The Woods?"

But as yet no one had found her.

Now there was a problem, a football match, Brighton against Manchester
United in the FA Cup and she really wanted to see it.

She had to find a way...

She tiptoed through the leaves...

Until she came to a wide clearing.

On the other side there were tiny huts in a row. She knocked on a door
and saw...

Three little rabbits dancing in the hallway. They stopped dancing and
asked why she was there...

The white wolf replied: "Brighton are going to play against Manchester
United and I really, really want to see the match, but no one knows I
live in Withdean Wood and if I'm seen I might be in real danger.
Rabbits, will you help me?"...

So the rabbits replied: "Be careful otherwise they might catch you."
Bobby the rabbit also wanted to see Brighton play. He was named after
Bobby Zamora the Great.

On the day of the match they sneaked into the Brighton Manager's dug
out. They saw David Beckham with a new haircut! He scored and own goal
so it was Brighton 1 and Manchester United 0. ...

The wolf was dancing around and whispering "Brighton Rules OK!!!"
...

Meanwhile in the wood, singing could be heard...

"If you go down to the woods today, you will be in a little bit of
nature in the city"....

"You are sure of a big surprise.
For every bear that ever there was, today's the day they have their
picnic"...

The bears were singing because they were all drunk on honey nectar!
They were so drunk that they started to grunt!! People in the
neighbouring houses thought...

Instead of bears in the wood, there were Pigs in the wood!...

Meanwhile, the Brighton v. Manchester United match is still 1-0 to
Brighton.

Everyone is very excited, and then something happened in the woods.
There was a loud bang and a clap of thunder, it started
raining...

As the rain started to fall the game continued.

Two children watching the football spotted a wolf on the pitch! (The
bear singing, bang, clap of thunder and rain had confused the wolf and
she had come out of hiding!)

The children shouted out: "Wolf! Wolf!"

The wolf...

knew she had to score in the next few minutes or the game could be
lost.

She passed to the parrot...

Who, not really knowing how to play football picked the ball up with
his wings and scored a try. Rugby was more his forte.

The wolf gnarled at him...

When 'Splat' (right on the wolf's nose!)

It was that seagull again...

Luckily the seagull's poop landing on her nose reminded the wolf just
in time that she was meant to be hiding in the manager's dug out. She
wondered if those noisy bears in the wood could help her, so she
shouted in a very loud voice, "Just listen to that awful noise; are
there pigs and bears in Withdean Wood?"...

Everyone looked in the wood direction.

He grabbed a Brighton Seagull T Shirt and...

Scored a goal! Brighton had won!

The crowd began to jump up and down with excitement.

The White Wolf slipped away. No one noticed except two rather drunk
supporters....

And of course everyone else thought the wolf was a figment of a drunk
man's imagination.

A wolf in Withdean Wood! What nonsense!

But just who had scored that 2nd goal?