Soon to carry , s to  because old ect t began to sno flakes settle on  noo go and t tea, and a sman as well as for herself.

    t in . It tle round glassface in tcaken ing trip because told  accuracy ; s instantly.  rails of spittle clung to eeto t t surrounded tee to arrive at er of an ting rudged th.

    I dont believe you. Besides, arent you afraid of the wolves?

    apped tt of his rifle and grinned.

    Is it a bet? ?   to your grandmothers house before you?

    would you like? she asked disingenuously.

    A kiss.

    Commonplaces of a rustic seduction; she lowered her eyes and blushed.

    took   s to be afraid of ts, alted to daleman would win his wager.

    Grandmotood by itself a little  of t tcepped delicately up to tant to get  , sle tune to himself.

    t trace of blood on ch.

    h his knuckles.

    Aged and frail, granny is ters succumbed to tality t ready to give in entirely. A boy came out from to build up  an c. S into t-fasc so remember. t on eit rug of iles. ticks away ime.

    e keep tside by living well.

    h his hairy knuckles.

    It is your granddaughter, he mimicked in a high soprano.

    Lift up tch and walk in, my darling.

    You can tell t of prey, nocturnal, devastating eyes as red as a  t  t and o protect you but it  do you any good.

    on table and puts do, too. O h her?

    Off  coat of forest-coloured clot ucked into tted reams doicks in t and  and t o tcangled in its hair.

    rips off . exture of vellum. A crisp stripe of  but  time. rips off rousers and sals, huge. Ah! huge.

    t tone, approaching her bed.

    te.

    il  as   in  on tead of tell-tale stained ones o.  tc,  and laid it on table. All   t grandmoticks tce, ticked and t patiently, deceitfully beside tcap. Rat-a-tap-tap.

    ique falsetto. Only your granddaughter.

    So s melted in tears on tiles, and pertle disappointed to see only ting beside t t and sprang to t it so t s get out again.

    t even tation of a  time s so, table. tick of ted  but s dare to reac because  noo serior lig big eyes you ter to see you h.

    No trace at all of t for a tuft of , s wo, my darling.

    No citude of  s could protect   spill. o sing us carols, she said.

    t of them.

    Snoice and s to look into t s er cabbage, pointing ts to ts en y  t as if demented or deranged. ted t from tchen and shone like a hundred candles.

    It is very cold, poor they howl so.

    Sook off  so be afraid.

    sh my shawl?

    t on t need it again.

    S on tantly consumed it. ts gleamed as if the room.

    sh my blouse?

    Into t, too, my pet.

    t flaring up t, ockings, o t, too, and  soucegument of fles e as tside. t directly to t mane tood up on tiptoe and unbuttoned t.

    big arms you have.

    All tter to h.

    Every side the kiss she owed him.

    big teeth you have!

    So slaver and ts Liebestod but tter to eat you h.

    t out laug. S  for  into t and t up a terrible clattering but s pay them any heed.

    Carnivore incarnate, only immaculate flesh appeases him.

    S t and per to  them, as he will bid her, as she would do in a savage marriage ceremony.

    the blizzard will die down.

    tains as randomly covered  over t pines limed, creaking, she fall.

    Snos.

    All silent, all silent.

    Midnigrikes. It is Cmas day, tice stands  through.

    See! s and sound sender wolf.