THE WOLF. 
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seemed to have forgotten his old affec- 
hi, • an absence of eighteen months 
in^ wolf heard his voice 
^ the gardens of the menagerie, and on being 
at liberty displayed the most vehement 
I'^y* Again separated from his friend, his 
^'cf Was as intense as on the former occasion. 
® master again returned after an absence of 
years. It was evening : the den of the 
\Volf ^ 
Was concealed from view, yet no sooner 
^ he hear the voice of the man, than he set 
P the most anxious cries. When the door 
Wfl c 
j opened, he rushed towards his friend, 
^®fiped upon his shoulders, licked his face, and 
^^^^^tened to bite his keepers when they at- 
ipted to separate them. When the man 
and sick, and refused his food ; 
5 after his recovery, which was long very 
trul^ it was always dangerous for a stran- 
the ^PP^oach him : he appeared to scorn 
® formation of new friendships. 
