Scuffer
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Nightfall came and Josh threw some more wood on the fire. "Lets get us some shut eye." They all bedded down sleeping peacefully when Scuffer began to growl. Roger and Josh both sat up at the same time, "Whats wrong boy, you hear something?" About that time they smelled something, it was a rotten smell, and it kept getting stronger and stronger. Gees.....Unk you think them polecats followed us here. No I don't, that aint no polecat smell. I have smelt that before this is more like rotten eggs! Then all of the sudden they could hear something moving around in the bushes by the woods; the smell kept getting stronger, and almost gagging them. A scream....let out so loud! It almost shook the leaves off the trees in the forest. Scuffers hair rose up all over his body and he took off running as fast as he could toward Rogers bed roll pushing himself under that blanket to hide howling as loud as he could for his size. Roger and Josh reached for their weapons thinking that it must be something real bad for him to be acting like that. They held their breath as they stood in wait watching the horses and mules carry on something frightful trying with all their might to pull lose and run. They could only stand there with it being so dark bracing themselves for whatever it was to show itself to them. But nothing came from out of the woods. After a few moments the smell started to go away and the animals began to calm down. Wow unk! I wonder what that was? Don't know and i don't want to know with the way it sounded and smelled. Yeah me either. Deep within the wilderness through the mountains of Montana and as far as thr regions of the ozarks, still roams even till this day strange creatures are still about lurking within the shadows of any and all dark thick forest where men seldom walks, and has only been told about through stories handed down. Yet some has to this day never been seen by man. Or maybe.... they have, only no one believes them when they talk about what they have seen. "However they do;exists." &n
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Scuffer is the humorous and emotional tale of a teenage boy { Josh} who grows up in the post Civil War era by following his Uncle Roger and his friend an aging mountain man{ Iko} into the mountains, Josh's talents is remembering and telling stories which he has heard or experienced he feels the mountains experience will help him fulfill his dream to become a writer.
During their time in the wilderness they experience finding and saving the life of a wolf puppy {Scuffer} who has extraordinary powers and is later preferred by the Indians as a ''Spirit Wolf '' Scuffers powers help them overcome difficult situations and assist all of them to develop a greater appreciation of what nature has to offer all that is willing to learn. Uncle Roger is truly an individual with a unique personality and Josh's emotional growth from boyhood to near manhood is perralleled by the readers pleasure in experienceing the adventures of the characters as the seasons and years progress. '
About the Author
My name is Nancy Smith. I have taken Okie LaDue as my pin name. Born in a small town called Claremore Oklahoma.My Mothers name was (Faye Jean McElwain)My gift is of telling short stories from the time I remember with having dreams of becoming a writer of book's.It has been difficult for me with just a seventh grade education,however i have not let this stop me.Being a wife and a mother was full time and full feeling finding myself content with my short stories until my three children left home and my husband was lost to me from cancer.The time left to me has incurraged me to proceed with this novel after meeting several backwoods people over the years that shared their stories as well as the stories told and handed down by their forfathers of strange creatures that still to this day roam freely; within the deep dark forest of the Yellowstone Montains, and as far as the Ozark Mountain regions. These gave me the thoughts I needed to spin my imagination into turning them into exciting adventures for all to read and enjoy. This novel is my first, but not last.