Without waiting for an answer, I gave the same three-whistle command and pointed to the wolf hiding on the slope just below the men.
“They mean you no harm so long as you mean me no harm,” I warned.“Would you have an easier time believing another Nordlinger?” I asked. them and scrambled to get away while I motioned him back down. I whistled a series of three whistles, pointed to the hillside behind the men and made a motion to rise with my right hand.