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12 Saint Francis and the Wolf

There are many beautiful stories about Saint Francis and his good deeds. He

was the son of a rich merchant. He lived in Assisi, a small town in Italy. Francis
was a kind person. He looked after the sick and helped the poor people.

One day, Saint Francis was passing through a village called Gubbio. There was
a savage wolf living near it. It would kill the hens, the ducks and the sheep

of the villagers. All the people of the village were very frightened of it. Once
the wolf attacked two men in the village. The villagers wanted to kill it but
the wolf escaped every time.

The villagers ran to Saint Francis and said, ‘Brother, please help us. This
wicked wolf is troubling us a lot.’

Saint Francis said, ‘Good people, don’t be
afraid. I’ll do something to help you.’

Then the saint went into the forest near

the village. He went alone. He did not
take a knife, an axe or a stick with
him.

He found the wolf sitting in a
cave. He spoke lovingly to it,

‘Brother Wolf, you have done
many wrong and cruel actions.

You have troubled the villagers
of Gubbio for a long time. You
have killed their hens, ducks

and sheep. You have even

frightened : scared wicked : bad and harmful

attacked : tried to kill or hurt troubling : causing troubles

escaped : ran away
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