Steve laid down and gradually felt his body warm and relax under the quilts. He was asleep in the matter of minutes. It was a sound sleep from being out in the weather all day plus the fact that he"d pulled the sleigh behind him. He hadn"t realized how tired he was until he got cleaned up and his stomach full.
As he had told the story of the wolf, he had had a hard time staying awake. He had gone into great detail about Mouse and how the wolf had gradually made up to him. Even the fight with the bear and described where he had buried the dog and his pups not that far from the plane crash.
She had asked if he would take her there one day and he agreed to do so in the spring. He wanted to make sure that the plane was hidden anyway after the snow had melted. As soon as the grass and brush g
