Wolfy's Adventure: Away From Home

By Gisela Bengfort

Dive into the exhilarating tale of Wolfy's Adventure, Away from Home, in the award-winning second instalment of this enthralling trilogy!

The story unfolds as Wolfy, the young rat, and Fate, the red-shouldered hawk, bravely leave their homes, soari

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gisela Bengfort
• Release date: May 23, 2024
• ISBN: 9781964452098

Gisela Bengfort

Gisela Bengfort-Piatti was born in Switzerland where she met the love of her life , Joe Bengfort, in 1997. Gisela moved six months later to the USA, married and together they became a patchwork family with four kids. After Collage graduation she worked for Suter & Suter and Accenture in Zürich till she moved to the USA. She had her own Salad-dressing created in food laboratory and distributed in TX stores. When they moved to California, she was for a short period of time Executive Director of SJSU (San Jose State University) for the College Alumni of Business.Gisela loves the outdoors and all animals. You can find her on many Bay Areas trails, sharing her laughter with family and friends.While the stories are fictional, they capture true events and philosophies of the family and many details about the animals are factual. Celebrate the circle of life since we're all part of it.

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Copyright © 2024 by Gisela Bengfort.

ISBN: 978-1-964452-08-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-964452-09-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2024964528

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

Printed in the United States of America

05/21/2024

Acknowledgment

To my best friend and the love of my life, Joe Bengfort.

To our children, their spouses, and grandchildren:

Patrick & Melanie Straub with Tim and Liam;

Lindsey & Amy Bengfort-Mohon with Vivienne,

Elisabeth, JoJo, and Teddy,

Selina Straub & Camryn Sylvie

Joseph & Holly Bengfort.

Legend: Rats have many enemies, and they use a special name for some of them including the following:

Humans: smelly

Birds of prey: dark shadow

Snakes: sneaky one

Animals with fur: furry monster

Chapter 1

The Flying Basket

How are you hanging in there, Ms. Wolfy? Are you comfortable lounging in Sparky’s basket? asked Fate.

Wolfy’s paws held, relaxed, onto the basket rim. Her face blushed with excitement. Her facial hair was blowing with the strong wind, and her nose pointed straight ahead.

This is so exciting, Fate. What’s that underneath us? asked Wolfy.

Fate replied, It’s called the Marin Headlands, and to the left is San Francisco.

My dad told me that San Francisco was his first stop when he came from Switzerland, said Wolfy.

Fate said, How exciting to travel that far and make so many memories. Now it’s our turn, Wolfy. We will make lots of memories together.

Have you been here before, Fate? asked Wolfy.

Fate replied, Yes, Flo and I flew this far once. We were not supposed to, but you know how it is when your parents say no. You’ve just got to do it, right?

Both laughed and nodded in agreement.

Q: Do you ignore your parents’ advice sometimes?

Let’s stop at the Point Bonita Lighthouse that’s how far Flo and I went the last time, Fate said.

They landed on the roof of the lighthouse and the smell of salty air hit them. The thundering sound of the waves crashing against the shore was comforting and thrilling at the same time. Wolfy climbed out of the basket, and both were resting side by side.

Is it hard for you to fly with me hanging beneath you? Is the basket too heavy? asked Wolfy.

Nope, I’ll tell you when you have to go on a diet! Fate giggled and nudged Wolfy.

A large pod of pelicans flew over them. The last pelican saw the two of them and flew a circle and landed beside them.

The pelican said, Hi, dudettes. What’s up? You guys are an unlikely pair…or, and he hesitated a moment, is this your lunch? he looked teasingly at Fate.

Lunch! screeched Wolfy. We’re friends!

Wow, dudette, don’t cough up a hair ball here. I was just kidding, said the pelican.

No big deal, but Wolfy is right, chuckled Fate. We’re friends! That’s about the coolest friendship I have ever seen, said the pelican. Oh, got to catch up with my squadron. By the way, I’m Charlie, and you?

Wolfy replied, This is Fate, and I am Wolfy!

We’re heading down to Muir Beach to fish. Happy day, dudettes, said Charlie.

Off he flew, flapping his wings quickly to catch up.

Down below, two boys were running around with their backpacks on their backs. They walked half a mile from the parking lot down through a tunnel and then over a bridge with ocean water crashing on both sides of the lighthouse.

"Look. The smelly are playing together," said Wolfy.

Fate and Wolfy were sitting side by side, restful on the roof, absorbing their surroundings. A sudden gust of wind picked up the basket and blew it off the roof. It landed right beside the boys, and one of them picked it up.

What’s that, Liam? asked Tim. I dunno, responded Liam.

Both looked up to the sky when Tim spotted Fate and Wolfy on the roof. They were both startled and jumped up on full alert.

Wolfy screeched, Nooooo, my basket. Hold onto it!

Q: Have you ever lost a hat because of the wind?

It happened so suddenly that Fate had no chance to react to it.

The boys were pointing their fingers toward the two of them. You think it’s theirs? Liam questioned.

No way, said Tim. Is that a rat or a mouse? he wondered. Dad, Mom, come quick and look what we found. There’s a bird and a mouse on the roof. I think they lost their basket. Come quick! The father turned around and walked toward the boys and said, Say what?

They were both pointing at the roof and said together, Look up there, Dad!

Their dad was taken by surprise by the sight. Wow, Melanie, come look at this. The kids are right. A hawk and a rat are up there, and the rat is still alive! he stated, surprised.

Melanie rushed over to see for herself. All four were standing there, looking up and wondering what was going on.

Is that bird going to eat the rat, Mom? asked Tim. Unfortunately, Tim, that’s a big possibility, Mom replied. Do you think this basket is theirs, Dad? Liam asked.

Patrick, their dad, took the basket in his hands, looked closely, and said, No, Liam, it’s a fact that birds and rats don’t have baskets, but people do.

But it fell from the sky, Dad! exclaimed Liam.

I am sure it belongs to one of those people over there. Just put it on the railing here, and I’m sure someone will look for it, said Patrick.

Unwillingly, Liam put the basket on the railing. Then he saw a tiny shirt and pants inside the basket along with a pressed flower. He looked at them and nodded his head.

Guess you’re right, Dad. It must belong to another kid because it has doll clothes and some kind of flower inside.

On the roof, Fate tried to calm down the distressed Wolfy. She put her wings around Wolfy, who had started to weep.

Wolfy cried, "That was a gift from Sparky, and the