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Then the flame caught the lofty stack of brushwood, and rushed out of it, and ran up the side of it, and stood up haughtily far over the top, and the wolves seeing this terrible ally of Man reveling there in his strength, and knowing nothing of this frequent treachery to his masters, went slowly away as though they had other purposes. And for the rest of that night the dogs of the encampment cried out to them and besought them to come back. THEN THE FLAME CAUGHT THE LOFTY STACK OF BRUSHWOOD AND RUSHED OUT OF IT AND RAN UP THE SIDE OF IT AND STOOD UP HAUGHTILY FAR OVER THE TOP AND THE WOLVES SEEING THIS TERRIBLE ALLY OF MAN REVELLING THERE IN HIS STRENGTH AND KNOWING NOTHING OF HIS FREQUENT TREACHERY TO HIS MASTERS WENT SLOWLY AWAY AS THOUGH THEY HAD OTHER PURPOSES AND FOR THE REST OF THAT NIGHT THE DOGS OF THE ENCAMPMENT CRIED OUT TO THEM AND BESOUGHT THEM TO COME BACK
s. 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. A line of yellow eyes surrounded them, and when it moved it was to come nearer. So the men of the tribe hastily tore up brushwood, and felled a small tree with their flint axes, and heaped it all over the fire that Loz had made, and for a while the great heap hid the flame, and the wolves came trotting in and sat down again on their haunches much closer than before; and the fierce and valiant dogs that belonged to the tribe believed that their end was about to come while fighting, as they had long since prophesied it would. OW 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 A LINE OF YELLOW EYES SURROUNDED THEM AND WHEN IT MOVED IT WAS TO COME NEARER SO THE MEN OF THE TRIBE HASTILY TORE UP BRUSHWOOD AND FELL TO SMALL TREE WITH THEIR FLINT AXES AND HEAPED IT ALL OVER THE FIRE THAT LAWS HAD MADE AND FOR A WHILE THE GREAT HEAP HID THE FLAME AND THE WOLVES CAME TROTTING IN AND SAT DOWN AGAIN ON THEIR HAUNCHES MUCH CLOSER THAN BEFORE AND THE FIERCE AND VALIANT DOGS THAT BELONGED TO THE TRIBE BELIEVED THAT THEIR END WAS ABOUT TO COME WHILE FIGHTING AS THEY HAD LONG SINCE PROPHESIED IT WOULD
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