"Come to us, little brother," said they, sorry that they had left him to the animals.
"No—no!" said he. "I would rather be a wolf. The wolves have been kinder to me than you.
"My brother,
My brother,
I am turning—
am turning
Into a wolf.
You made me so!
"My sister,
My sister,
I am turning—
I am turning
Into a wolf.
You made me so!"
"O little brother, forgive me," said the sister; "forgive me!"
"It is too late now. See, I am a wolf!"
He howled, and ran away with the pack of wolves, and they never saw him again.
"Jason Lee, be good to my people when I am gone, lest they become like the little brother.
"Victor Trevette, be good to my people when I am gone, lest they become like the little brother."