Haunted Wood Magic Jubilee

"I promised already, didn't I?" Birk reaffirmed his good-will in not doing that silly stuff again, feeling very much like a naughty kid, who was trying to get into Santa's good kids list, when he said this. He observed that for a guy, who was almost the same age as him (almost emphasis of almost), he was acting in a very serious grandfather-like manner. The thought amused him, but he was smart enough not to say it out loud.

"Is that a trick question?" the young wolf asked in return, not wanting to reveal his status so easily, in case the wolf, who he had already christened "Grandpa" in his mind, had something nasty in his mind.