ippiku ookami 3, inazuma

ookami converting energy to lightning
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Every day Ippiku Ookami wold get wiser from the knowledge of the advice the old tortoise and owl would give him. Eventually Ookami gained even more knowledge than the wise owl, but not the tortoise. Ookami played with the things he knew and the ideas he had. Soon Ookami figured out how to transfure his knowledge into pure energy. This energy was a bright blue and closely resembled lightning. With this power Ookami helped the forest and he was even more greatly respected. The creatures of the forest soon gave him a new name. They called him Inazuma no Ookami (lightning wolf). Soon Ookami forgot about his family. When he remembered them he quickly ran to them. His family could not forgive him for this. This caused Ookami to become more depressed than he has been in many years. Ookami soon left the forest sure to never return. He crossed the valley of death not knowing he was beeing watched by the evil Koumori (bat).

Story by: Dante DeGraff

ippiku ookami 2
this is an amazing picture i found of an ookami
(wolf)
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After the wolf (ippiku ookami) returned from the valley of death he was respected greatly. What he appreciated the most was not the gifts he received but the advice that was given to him every day. One day when 'ookami was trying to get some apples from an apple tree by ramming he found himself with no apples but instead hurt head. The tortoise came up to him and told him the most simple piece of advice but maybe the most important. The tortoise told him that using your head can be more affective than strength. Thinking about this for a while ookami decided put together a few sticks to make a long special tool for getting down the apples. from then on ookami decided that he would try to use his brain more often to solve his problams.

story by: Dante Degraff

ippiku ookami

Ippiku Ookami
(lone wolf)

Ippiku ookami is one of my favorite

Japanese characters to write. Ippiku

ookami means lone wolf.
(Japanese writing for
ippiku ookami is on left)
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LONE WOLF
5 Million years ago there was a
forest filled with wildlife. Among
these animals there was a young
wolf, the very first of its kind the
wolf was alone. Whenever the
young wolf had trouble getting food or needed help getting
unstuck in some situations he would turn down any offers
to help him. The young wolf wanted to prove that his kind
wasn't weak and he could do anything with no help. This
was foolish and gave him the name Ippiku Ookami.One day
he saw a couple of cubs playing together with there mother
and father. This reminded the young wolf about how alone
he was more than ever. For a while he was very depressed.
While sitting on an old hill the wise owl came to him. The owl
told the wolf that he doesn't have to b alone and he just has
to be willing to take the time to find more of his kind. The wolf agreed to this and the owl told him that o find more of his kind he has to cross the valley of death. the wolf decided that now might be a good time to finally use some help. The wise owl told him that he can not burden the rest of the forest now when he used to so rudely turn down there offers of help. So in the morning the wolf left to cross the valley of death. Years went by and none of the forest creatures ever saw the wolf. Then one day the wolf returned from the impossible journey, only this time he came back with a family. This proved to the rest of the forest creatures that he and all the rest of the wolves were not weak and thus giving honor to the name Ippiku ookami.

story by: Dante DeGraff