home. He tried his best not to look at the broken body of his family’s killer.

He hadn’t intended for Claude to die. He sighed. It was probably for the best.

A crowd of humans had gathered around the body of the wolf. Balto snuck past them and ran back to the boat.

 Chapter 10

Balto was lying down in the main cabin of the boat. He had had a rough day. He had been shot at, and chased by a maniac. He thought about his mother. He could barely remember her. He had slowly lost the memories of his family as he grew older. The only memories of them was that fateful day when they had been killed.

He dozed off.

He woke up the next day with pain throughout his body. He had been injured by Claude the day before, but it hadn’t affected him until now.

Boris waddled over. “Vhat happened yesterday? You vere beat up!”

Balto sighed. “It was nothing Boris.” He yawned in the bright morning sun.

Boris pulled a newspaper from below deck.

“You made front page.” Boris grunted.

“Really?” Balto looked at the front page and laughed.

Wolf Dog causes scuffle in Hunter's Bar

Chapter 11

Four years had passed. It was now 1925. Balto was crouched down under the hospital. He was not alone. Jenna was crouched down next to him.

He heard a door open. The doctor and another man walked into the room.

“Doctor? How is she?”

The doctor sighed. “Exhausted from coughing, and her fever’s getting worse.”
Balto and Jenna looked up in worry as the doctor spoke.

“Looks like Diphtheria. She’s the eighteenth case this week…and I’m out of antitoxin.”

Balto howled in triumph as he sighted the aurora from a distance.

He and the sled team slid over the snow as the town grew larger on the horizon. Balto couldn’t stop grinning. He ran into the town.

People had crowded in the streets. They gasped when they saw who was leading the team.

Balto and the team pulled to a stop in front of the hospital. He was unlatched from the sled. The crowd surrounded him.

At first Balto looked up in alarm. Then they began petting him. They shouted words of praise at him.

Balto for the first time felt accepted among the humans.

Later he was on the deck of the ship. Jenna was with him. He watched her sleep.  He looked off into the distance.

“I proved it to them mom.” He whispered.

Then he let loose a beautiful wolf howl.

Balto: Kevin Bacon

Boris: Bob Hoskins

Togo: Zachary Quinto

Claude: Eric Bana

Steele: Jim Cummings

Jenna: Bridget Fonda

Aniu: Winona Ryder

Champ: Christian Bale

Doc: Sean Connery

Nikki: Danny Mann

Kaltag: Jack Angel

Star: Robbie Rist