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the two larger cubs ranged on the other side 

 of the mountain, beating the bush and hunt- 

 ing into each other's mouth, as they had 

 been trained to do; while the big he-wolf 

 hunted successfully by himself, as he had 

 done for years. Scattered as they were, they 

 still kept track of each other faithfully, and 

 in a casual way looked after one another's 

 needs. Wherever he was, a wolf seemed to 

 know by instinct where his fellows were 

 hunting many miles away. When in doubt 

 he had only to mount the highest hill and 

 give the rallying cry, which carried an enor- 

 mous distance in the still cold air, to bring 

 the pack swiftly and silently about him. 



At times, when the cubs were hungry after 

 a two-days fast, they would hear, faint and 

 far away, the food cry, yap-yap-yooo ! yap-yap- 

 yoooooo ! quivering under the stars in the 

 tense early-morning air, and would dart away 

 to find game freshly killed by one of the 

 old wolves awaiting them. Again, at night- 

 fall, a cub's hunting cry, ooooo, ow-ozv ! ooooo, 

 ozu-ow ! a deep, almost musical hoot with two 

 short barks at the end, would come singing 



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