Hello, my dear friends. In this poem, written from my own heart, a wolf is given the chance to speak about us humans and the return to the lands that have always been his home. Form your own opinion about our four-legged interview partner.

Master Isegrim, that is my name, a proud old wolf of woodland fame! Today I wish to speak with you, to break the fears that still ring true.

They say Red Riding Hood was mine to blame, that I tore her apart and earned my shame! Yet I wish no harm to humankind, whether in the forest or on the heath you find.

In the woods I enjoy the warmth of the sun, while hikers I watch from afar, one by one! My playful cubs run free through the clearing, then drink from a little brook, bright and cheering.

Only in my greatest need will I ever take a sheep, I know you two-legged folk do not welcome that. But on such days I was driven by terrible hunger, I do not mean to bring animal keepers sorrow or thunder.

Most of the time I am wonderfully tame, and respect the sheep that bear a human name! Yet guard your animals well with a fence, then I can only watch them from a safe distance.

The roe deer and stags I usually eat are often already sick or old, and sometimes in the forest a wild boar is what I hold! I savour those hoofed creatures well, then lick my paws in peace, as woodland stories tell.

Yes, such is the circle nature has made, and I help keep its living balance stayed! Life is rarely only black or white, I know the talk around me burns hot and bright.

Yet among you humans there are dark fellows too, wolves in sheep’s clothing who cheat and mislead you! At times I am man’s friend, at times his foe, but in nature we are one, as all creatures know.

We all want the best for human and beast, to live in freedom, from greatest to least! Not everything is simply wrong or right, the human and the wolf share the same right.

But please do not try to tame me with food, nor think that this will keep you safe and good! For then I lose the natural fear I need, I would rather stay true to my family and breed.

Let us keep a healthy distance still, as surely as I am wolf, from head to tail and will! In times to come we must share our ground, then peace in nature may yet be found.

I promise always to respect humankind, then no reason to hunt my life will you find!