Humans have been known to develop strong connections with dangerous animals. Werner Freund has spent several decades in the company of wolves. While why the former soldier became attached to these beautiful wild animals is a little unclear, he has been caring for them since 1972. The army experience leaves him a strong body and energetic state.【小题1】.

【小题2】They touch him with noses, and play with him.What’s more, they are generally very submissive(卑躬屈膝的) when he is around, just like they would be around a head wolf!

This, however, does not happen by chance.【小题3】 Whenever it’s feeding time, he calls his pack to come for the raw meat by howling. As the hungry animals rush to get their food, they always meet with this scene. Werner sinks his teeth into the raw meat first.

What may sound a little cruel is how the position of hierarchy(等级制度) is built in the animal world.【小题4】When he signals, the rest of the pack can join in. Wemer’s wolves know this rule quite well and never challenge his authority.

Wolves, the largest member of the dog family, are mistakenly believed to be dangerous.【小题5】

They are beautiful gentle souls, whose reputation has been spoiled by fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood!

Mandy awoke in a kind of haze (迷糊) still dreary. She quickly looked out the window and noticed that the sky seemed brighter than usual .Then she looked at the clock. Oh, no! She had overslept(睡过头) by a half hour! Mandy jumped up and quickly washed her face, brushed her teeth, combed her hair, and threw on some clothes. She was supposed to be in school by now. When her mother had left early for work, she reminded Mandy to get up on time and get herself to school. Obviously, that had not worked out.

There was no time for breakfast. Mandy hurriedly poured a glass of orange juice and spilled (酒) some of it on her blouse(衬衣). She found a towel(毛巾) and quickly tried to clean it off as she dashed out the door. A few seconds later, she rushed back in --- for her backpack. Mandy dashed out again and half-walked ，half-jogged the four blocks to school . She was still catching her breath in first period when she realized that she had left her homework on the desk in her bedroom.Mandy looked down and noticed that she was wearing mismatched(配错的) shoes. What else could possibly go wrong?

Between classes, Mandy was still in a rush, and she tripped(绊倒) on the steps and almost fell down the staircase(楼梯间). Somehow, she miraculously (奇迹般地) caught herself. Mandy tried to relax. She stood sill and tried to collect herself, but it didn't really work. She could not figure out why she was in such a state.

Mandy had to borrow lunch money from Ryan, spilled milk on her blouse next to where she had spilled the orange juice and had trouble concentrating in class all afternoon. She felt lucky to get back home in one piece .Even though nothing had gone terribly wrong, she wanted to make sure tomorrow would be a better day. Just to be on the safe side, Mandy decided to set two alarms(闹钟).

Yvonne and I had a consulting business. Yvonne used to be CEO of a London insurance company and I was on the board of a branding agency, so we had decided to join forces and build something together. The company, Dutch Engels, did very well quickly and we were running around like headless chickens. There was lots of travel — Singapore, the EU, and we’d won a project where the client wanted us to spend six months in the US. We’d be standing on the platform getting a tube at seven in the morning, thinking, “Why are we juggling all this? There must be a better way to live.”

In April 2018, we were in Edinburgh for work, rushing off our feet, when someone at the meeting said that we looked like we needed a break. She suggested we go to one of the islands for a couple of days. It wasn’t a bad idea. Yvonne looked on Google Earth and spotted this tiny island, less than eight miles long and two miles wide. It looked like it was in the tropics — turquoise blue water and golden sand beaches. We headed there.

The ferry journey from Oban was splendid — you’ve got the mountains, the ocean, the yachts. It was a world we didn’t even know existed. Everything conspired (共同促成) to make us fall in love with the place. Both of us were feeling this gut instinct (直觉) which said, “This feels like home. Make this our home.” The great thing about having your own business is that you can make those decisions. That same day, instead of looking for a place to spend a holiday, we started looking for a place to live. The back windows looked on to the sea and the hills with nothing blocking the view. We went back to London and sold our apartment. By October, we’d moved here permanently.

We ended up raising sheep there and they’re not cheap. We went ahead and launched a woolly hat business — WELAN. We sell online and in the shop on Tiree harbour. Yvonne does the spinning and the knitting. I wash the wool, separate the fibres — all the dirty jobs. We still run the consultancy.