Tug the Tail
A children's song (sometimes told as a simple tale) dating back to the times of werewolf prosecution and silver carrying. Though it's unclear whether the story references a specific event, it was clearly based on reality, and many think it quite likely was based on a real event, though whether the creator merely heard of it or had observed it themselves remains unknown.
Summary
Tug the Tail tells the story of a group of playing children, who are joined by a new kid. They notice the kid has unusual traits, like a wolf, but unlike adults, the kids don't mind it! They playfully tug on the kid's tail and tweak the ears, and encourage the kid to join in with their roughhousing. When the kid turns into a wolf cub, it just excites the rest! How cool is that, to turn into a wolf!
Eventually the game is interrupted by their parents, who act strange and stony towards the new kid. The other children blow it off, though, and beg the new kid to join them again tomorrow. The kid promises to come back the next day, clearly overjoyed by the acceptance.
The song (or story) concludes with the note that the other kid never came back, despite their promises. Day after day the other children wait, but the kid never shows up again, and nothing is heard from them ever again.
Eventually the game is interrupted by their parents, who act strange and stony towards the new kid. The other children blow it off, though, and beg the new kid to join them again tomorrow. The kid promises to come back the next day, clearly overjoyed by the acceptance.
The song (or story) concludes with the note that the other kid never came back, despite their promises. Day after day the other children wait, but the kid never shows up again, and nothing is heard from them ever again.
Historical Basis
Though the story as told in Tug the Tail is too generalized to tell whether its exact course of events has taken place, circumstances suggest it was likely based on a real event, or at least, it is real enough that it could have happened. During the days of werewolf prosecution many werewolves faced severe hardships, and were often killed for little to no reason, as long as the other party could sufficiently explain their reasoning. And sufficiently, of course, was a very flexible term. The thought that children were endangered by such a dangerous monster would certainly be reason to remove the danger... even if the danger was just another child, one who wasn't a feral beast attacking them, but a child encouraged to play rough like the rest.
Spread
Tug the Tail mostly arose after the end of werewolf prosecution, or at least, it only begun spreading afterwards. Though at the surface the story seems light-hearted, a playful song about children playing with a young werewolf, not caring about the kid's nature despite the ongoing hatred against werewolf, a closer look at the text reveals the truth.
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