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to lake, and from river to river ; but I kill no 

 one that is, with one exception.&quot; 



&quot; That was within the law,&quot; asserted the King. 

 &quot; for we kill in our own defence.&quot; 



&quot; I think it was Pisew,&quot; whispered the Red 

 Widow. &quot; See the Sneak s eye. Call him up, 

 O Son, and command him to look straight 

 into your Royal Face and say if he has kept the 

 law.&quot; 



cc Pisew,&quot; commanded Black Fox, &quot; come 

 closer ! &quot; 



Lynx started guiltily at the call of his name. 

 There was something soft and unpleasant in the 

 slipping sound of his big muffled feet as he 

 walked toward the King. 



&quot; Has Pisew kept the Law of the Bounda 

 ries ? &quot; asked Black King, sternly, looking full in 

 the mustached face of the slim-bodied cat. 



Lynx turned his head sideways, and his eyes 

 sought to avoid those of the questioner. 



&quot; Your Majesty, I roam from the Pelican on 

 one side, to Fish Creek on the other ; and the 

 law is that therein I, who eat flesh, may kill 

 Wapoos the Rabbit. This year it has been hard 

 living, Your Majesty hard living. Because of 

 the fire, Wapoos fled beyond the waters of the 

 creeks, and I have eaten of the things that could 

 not flv the Boundaries Mice, and Frop-s, and 



