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He had killed a small furry beast, hurling his stone axe at it, and had gathered a quantity of reddish brown stones, and had laid them in a long row, and placed bits of the small beast all along it; then he lit a fire on each side, and the stones heated, and the bits began to cook. HE HAD KILLED A SMALL FURRY BEAST HURLING HIS STONE AXE AT IT AND HAD GATHERED A QUANTITY OF REDDISH BROWN STONES AND HAD LAID THEM IN A LONG ROW AND PLACED BITS OF THE SMALL BEASTS ALL ALONG IT THEN HE LIT A FIRE ON EACH SIDE AND THE STONES HEATED AND THE BITS BEGAN TO COOK
hemselves and went stealthily forth, those of Earth's children to whom it is the law to prowl abroad as soon as the dusk has fallen. And they went pattering softly over the plain, and their eyes shone in the dark, and crossed and recrossed one another in their courses. Suddenly there became manifest in the midst of the plain that fearful portent of the presence of Man--a little flickering fire. And the children of Earth who prowl abroad by night looked sideways at it and snarled and edged away; all but the wolves, who came a little nearer, for it was winter and the wolves were hungry, and they had come in thousands from the mountains, and they said in their hearts, "We are strong." Around the fire a little tribe was encamped. They, too, had come from the mountains, and from lands beyond them, but it was in the mountains that the wolves first winded them; they picked up bones at first that the tribe had dropped, but they were closer now and on all sides. It was Loz who had lit the fire. EIR LAIRS AROSE AND SHOOK THEMSELVES AND WENT STEALTHILY FORTH THOSE OF EARTH'S CHILDREN TO WHOM IT IS THE LAW TO PROWL ABROAD AS SOON AS THE DUSK HAS FALLEN AND THEY WENT PATTERING SOFTLY OVER THE PLAIN AND THEIR EYES SHONE IN THE DARK AND CROSSED AND RECROSSED ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR COURSES SUDDENLY THERE BECAME MANIFEST IN THE MIDST OF THE PLAIN THAT FEARFUL PORTENT OF THE PRESENCE OF MAN A LITTLE FLICKERING FIRE AND THE CHILDREN OF EARTH WHO PROWL ABROAD BY NIGHT LOOKED SIDEWAYS AT IT AND SNARLED AND EDGED AWAY ALL BUT THE WOLVES WHO CAME A LITTLE NEARER FOR IT WAS WINTER AND THE WOLVES WERE HUNGRY AND THEY HAD COME IN THOUSANDS FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND THEY SAID IN THEIR HEARTS WE ARE STRONG AROUND THE FIRE A LITTLE TRIBE WASCAMPED THEY TOO HAD COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND FROM LANDS BEYOND THEM BUT IT WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS THAT THE WOLVES FIRST WINDED THEM THEY PICKED UP BONES AT FIRST THAT THE TRIBE HAD DROPPED BUT THEY WERE CLOSER NOW AND ON ALL SIDES IT WAS LAWS WHO HAD LIT THE FIRE
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