to where the big leader was lying, his head 

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„ „ «_ . , .„. on his paws, his eves turned aside. Slowly, 



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4-^ ^^ wanly the cub approached, with a tnendly 



O^c cjfimnng twist oi his ears and head) till he laid the 



squirrel at the big wolf's very nose, then 

 drew back a step and lay with paws extended 

 and tail thumping the leaves, watching till 

 the tidbit was seized ravenously and crushed 

 and bolted in a single mouthful. Next instant 

 both wolves sprang to their feet and made 

 their way out of the scrub together. 



They took up the trail of the pack where 

 they had left it, and followed it ten hours, 

 the cub at a swift trot, the old wolf loping 

 along on three legs. Then a rest, and for- 

 ward again, slower and slower, night after 

 day in ever-failing strength, till on the edge 

 of a great barren they stopped as if struck, 

 trembling all over as the reek of game poured 

 into their starving nostrils. 



Too weak now to kill or to follow the fleet 

 caribou, they lay down in the snow wait- 

 ing, their ears cocked, their noses question- 

 ing every breeze for its good news. Left to 

 themselves the trail must end here, for they 



