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&quot; You are a true friend, Jack,&quot; asserted Pisew, 

 encouragingly. 



&quot; To whom ? &quot; asked the Bird, pointedly. 



&quot;Oh, to me, of course; for Carcajou is a friend 

 to nobody. But, Jack,&quot; he said suddenly, &quot;you 

 are fond of Yellow-eating, are n t you ? &quot; 



&quot;Yes, I like butter.&quot; 



&quot; Well, I 11 tell you where you can get rare 

 good picking it s a good joke on Carcajou, too, 

 though it was so badly covered up that I thought 

 it more like a Man s cache.&quot; 



The Jay started. Had this wily thief stolen 

 his butter also the butter that Carcajou had 

 hidden for him at the Shack looting? 



&quot; You see,&quot; continued Lynx, &quot; I stumbled 

 upon it quite by accident as I was digging for 

 Grubs, Beetles, and poor food of that sort 

 hardly enough to fill one s teeth. Oh, this 

 Seventh Year is terrible ! I was starving, Friend 

 really I was ; the gaunt gnawing which never 

 comes to you, and of which you know nothing, 

 for you are always with the Men who have 

 plenty, was in my stomach. I was thinking of 

 the hunger-hardship, and of the great store of 

 Fat-eating Carcajou must have cached, when I 

 came upon this wooden-holder of stuff that is 

 like yellow marrow.&quot; 



&quot; Butter,&quot; interrupted the Bird. 

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