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long will the Fat-eating, which is the food of you 

 Meat-eaters, last The Boy ? &quot; Mooswa asked. 



&quot; Perhaps three days.&quot; 



&quot; Also, is it good food for the sick is it 

 not too strong ? When I am not well there are 

 certain plants that agree with me, and others I 

 cannot touch/* 



&quot; Fish would be better,&quot; declared Jack, with 

 the air of a consulting physician. 



&quot; I thought so,&quot; said Mooswa. &quot; The smell 

 of that bacon at the door almost turned my 

 stomach. If the Man-Cub could only eat sweet 

 Birch-tips, or dried Moose-flower it s delicious 

 when well preserved under deep snow. Even 

 unrotted moss would be better for him than that 

 evil-scented Meat.&quot; 



The Bird laughed, &quot; He, he, he ! fancy the 

 Man-Cub chewing a great cud of mushy grass. 

 Now Fish, as I have said, would be just the 

 thing; there s nothing lies so sweet on one s 

 stomach, unless it s Butter. Warm Roostings ! 

 but I wish that cat-faced Pisew had been hanged 

 before he found my cache.&quot; 



&quot; Jack,&quot; continued Moose, &quot; you might ask 

 Nekik or Sakwasew to catch a Fish for The 

 Boy ; they are all bound by the promise to help 

 take care of him.&quot; 



&quot;All right,&quot; said Jay. &quot; Otter might do it, for 



