The jackal-headed deity scanned the sad scene of one sheepdog in much reduced circumstances and clucked his forked tongue.
Jared let himself grow hopeful and barked once. "Are you here to change me back?"
The buzzy sound of the being's laughter raked at the folds of Jared's brain. "Why would I want to do that?"
"Please," Jared replied. "I don't deserve this."
"None of you deserve anything," the deity replied arrogantly. "You've deserved nothing since you climbed out of your hovels and decided to build a civilization of pyramids, fast-food, rockets, and social media."
"You promised!" Jared retorted with "Arf! Arf!"
"I did nothing of the sort," Wepwawet puffed himself up. "I left you, more or less, a human boy. Now look at you!"
Jared flashed back to the classroom and the arousing tale of "The Call of the Wild" with the unanticipated consequences. He whimpered and groveled in the snow.
"All you had to do is prove you are more human than beast," Wepwawet said. "Did you even understand the instructions?"
"Please," Jared barked. "I'll do anything."
The being smiled in that manner that froze Jared's blood.
"Perhaps I could restore part of you," the entity contemplated. "I know..."
Jared felt his facial structure rearrange as his human features emerged on a sheepdog's body.
"How's that?" Wepwawet asked.
"No!" A panic-stricken Jared yelled, finding his voice back. He craned his neck so he could see the shaggy body attached to his human head. "You can't leave me like some circus fre--"
Jared's words changed into barks in an instant as Wepwawet restored his canine head with a mere thought.
The being looked even more sinister when it grinned, showing wolfish fangs peeking from its jaws.
Jared worked his jaws as the bones and teeth settled back into place.
"I know!" Wepwawet said before Jared could regain his bearings.
Jared felt a stirring in his furry sheath.
Wepwawet spoke with some glee. "I know how human males set much store by their manhood."
Jared looked with dread and saw the head of his penis — his human one! — emerge from the sheath.
"Maybe you need a reminder of the stakes, boy," Wepwawet growled. "You can have the rest of your wretched human form back when you prove you're not a beast."
"Wait!" Jared barked. "You can't..."
Wepwawet vanished in a dust of snowflakes that vaporized as they swirled with hot flakes of ash.
Jared groaned and whimpered as he stared at the sheath, which had enfolded his cock back within it.