Balto: Wolf Quest

Aleu: I knew there was something wrong with me.

Balto: There is nothing wrong with you. You have a proud heritage.

Aleu: Oh, sure.

Balto: Your mother is a pure-bred husky.

Aleu: Then what are you?

Balto: I-I'm the one who's part wolf.

Aleu: How could this happen?

Balto: Look. Aleu. My dad was a husky who... had pups with a wolf.

Aleu: Great. My grandmother was a wild animal? Did the wolf teach you how to know when a human wants to kill you?

Balto: I was accidentally separated from her when I was young, so I never spent much time with... the wolf. I remember that she was as white as snow, and she had this warm voice that made me feel safe. Well, then Boris took me in, and, after being raised by a goose it's a wonder I don't honk instead of bark.

Aleu: Why didn't you tell me this before?

Balto: Because I wanted to protect you.

Aleu: Protect me? From what? From the fact that no human will ever want me because I'm part wild animal?

Balto: Aleu.

Aleu: And what about my brothers and sisters? They've got wolf in them, too. Why did humans want them?

Balto: Because they don't look it,

[sighs]

Balto: and you do.

Aleu: It's not fair. I hate you!

[jumps off the boat crying]

Balto: Aleu? Aleu, come back!

Aleu: Leave me alone!

[runs away crying]