see looked unnatural and ridiculous—we could barely believe it now, the shame of it, that we used to locomote like that!), her fists blue-white from the strain."

2. She has yet to learn words.
Mirabella, by the time the rest of the girls are on stage four, she is still on stage one. This means that words mean nothing to her, and that she is still a bit of a biter. "Mirabella let out a whimper. She scratched at us and 

scratched at us, raking her nails along our shins so hard that she drew blood. Then she rolled belly-up on the cold stone floor, squirming on a bed of spelling-bee worksheets."

3. Everyone hates Mirabella.

It is very, VERY CLEAR, that Mirabella is the most hated wolf pup, more so than Jeanette, which is saying a lot. " The pack had been waiting for this moment for some time. 'Mirabella cannot adapt! Back to the woods, back to the woods!'"

head. She backed towards the far corner of the garden, snarling in the most menacing register that an eight-year-old

wolf-girl can muster. Then she ran. It took them two hours to pin her down and tag her: HELLO, MY

NAME IS MIRABELLA!" "Stage 1,” "Sister Maria sighed, taking careful aim with 

her tranquilizer dart. It can be a little

overstimulating.” 

Mirabella was full of energy and you can tell she was when she was running around and they could'nt catch her and when they did she yelled out her named.
Later in the story everyone had already learned that you should only be walking with 2 feet and not 4.Mirabella was still walking on all fours though this shows she was not listing to them and was'nt trying to change."She was still loping around on all fours (which the nuns had taught us to

see looked unnatural

 and ridiculous—we could barely believe it now, the 

shame of it, that we used

to locomote like that!), her fists 

blue-white from the strain."