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&quot; never had to climb a tree to get my dinner for 

 months.&quot; 



&quot;It was the Fifth Year of the Wapoos,&quot; 

 enjoined Pisew, &quot; and we Animal Eaters were 

 all fat. Why, my paw was the size of Panther s 

 I took great pride in the trail I left. * 



&quot;Extraordinary taste!&quot; remarked Jack, &quot;to 

 feel proud of your big feet. Now, if in the Year 

 of Plenty you had run a little to brain &quot; 



&quot; Never mind, Jack/ interrupted Blue Wolf, 

 good-humouredly, for the feast-fulness made him 

 well disposed toward all creatures, &quot; we can t all 

 be as smart as you are, you know. Tired jaws ! 

 I believe I don t care for any dessert,&quot; he con 

 tinued, sniffing superciliously at a rib-bone Wol 

 verine pushed toward him. But he picked it 

 up, broke it in two with one clamp of his vise- 

 like teeth, and swallowed the knuckle end. 

 &quot; Even if one is full,&quot; he remarked, giving a 

 little gulp as it hitched in his throat, &quot; a morsel 

 of bone or something at the finish of the meal 

 seems to top it off, and aids digestion.&quot; 



&quot; I take mine just as it comes, bone and meat 

 together,&quot; declared Otter. 



&quot; So do I,&quot; affirmed Mink, for they had been 

 given a great ration of Fish as their share of the 

 banquet. Carcajou had purloined it from the 

 Shack with his other loot 



