58 EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 



So the last story of the snow ended in tragedy, 

 as do nearly all true stories of the wild-folk. Yet 

 they need not our pity. Better a thousand times 

 the quick passing at the end of a swift run or of a 

 brave fight, than the long, long weariness of pain and 

 sickness by which we humans so often claim our 

 immortality. 



