Kragf, the Kootenay Ram 



lay down and warmed himself against her beside 

 his ancient enemy, young Nubbins. 



In the morning he seemed to Mother Spiker- 

 doe to be her own, in a limited sense. Rubbing 

 against Nubbins made him smell like her own. 

 And when Nubbins set about helping himself to 

 a breakfast of warm milk, poor hungry Krinkle- 

 horn took the liberty of joining in on the other 

 side. Thus Nubbins found himself nose to 

 nose and dividing his birthright with his old- 

 time enemy. But neither he nor his mother 

 made any objection, and thus it was that 

 Krinklehorn was adopted by his mother's rival. 



VIII 



There was no one of the others that could 

 equal Spikerdoe in sagacity. She knew all the 

 range now, and it was soon understood that 

 she was to lead. It was also understood that 

 Krinklehorn, as well as Nubbins, was her 

 Lamb. The two were like brothers in many 

 things. But Krinklehorn had no sense of 

 gratitude to his foster-mother, and he always 

 nursed his old grudge against Nubbins, and 



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