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A line of yellow eyes surrounded them, and when it moved it was to come nearer. A LINE OF YELLOW EYES SURROUNDED THEM AND WHEN IT MOVED IT WAS TO COME NEARER
broad 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. 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. It was at this time that the tribe noticed that the wolves who had followed them so far were no longer content with the scraps of deserted encampments. HILDREN 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 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 IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE TRIBE NOTICED THAT THE WOLVES WHO HAD FOLLOWED THEM SO FAR WERE NO LONGER CONTENT WITH THE SCRAPS OF DESERTED ENCAMPMENTS
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