Shepherd. Young. Flock. Night.

Plays the lute. The sheep dance. Happy.

Wolf. So fast. Kills one. Then gone.

Alarm. Confusion. No sleep.

Day.

Stick. Sharpen.

Night. Shepherd. Flock. No lute. No dance. No happy. Quiet. Watching.

Wolf. Too fast. Kills another. Then gone.

Day. Bigger stick. Even sharper.

Night. Same again. Still too fast.

So on. Till no sheep.

All alone. Angry.

Plays the lute. Remembers. No happy. So on.

Gets older. Stronger. Faster.

Better stick. Hunts.

Finds. Wolf has babies.

Facing each other. Staring. Long time. Then moving. Fast.

Wolf hurts shepherd. Shepherd hurts wolf. Wolf down.

Kills all babies. Leaves.

Still alone. Still no happy. No angry, no happy.

Plays the lute. So on. Gets older.

Very old now. Still no happy. Still alone.

All alone. Plays the lute.

Day. Up. Up, old shepherd.

Hunts.

Finds.

Old shepherd. Old wolf.

No stick. No teeth. Shepherd still hurt. Wolf still hurt.

Facing each other. Staring. Long time.

Wolf to shepherd. Shepherd to wolf.

Touching. Holding.

Crying.

Sit together. Long time. Night.

Plays the lute.

Happy. Both happy.

So on.

Shepherd dies. Wolf dies. Same day. Touching. Holding. Happy.

So on.