Krag, the Kootenay Ram 



saw the Wise One again, and so they knew that 



she must have fallen. 



i When they had reunited and turned to look 



lj ti back, they heard from far below a faint baah of 



^ „•- - '— ia ^ 3 a Lamb. All cocked their ears and waited. 



r \ ' ' $■ ' T • • i , 



' \, \^> " 1S not wise t0 answer too quickly; it may be 



A \ % V, . ;$"' the trick of some enemy. But it came again — 



f^ /V v &* the familiar <fod7/ of one of their own flock ; and 



Jf §r y* *> Spikerdoe answered it. 



VJ "\ r» V » \ A rattling of stones, a scrambling up banks, 



,\»i.v wf " — another Ara// for guidance, and there appeared 



^ among them little Krinklehorn — an orphan 



now. 



Of course he did not know this yet, any more 



/ than the others did. But as the day wore on 



\y and no mother came in response to his plaintive 



« calls, and as his little stomach began also to cry 



out for something more than grass or water, he 



realized his desolation, and baahed more and 



more plaintively. When night came he was 



cold as well as hungry ; he must snuggle up to 



some one or freeze. No one took much notice 



of him, but Spikerdoe, seemingly the new leader, 



called once or twice in answer to his call, and 



almost by accident he drifted near her when she 



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