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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. 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
ves, 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. A line of yellow eyes surrounded them, and when it moved it was to come nearer. ND 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 A LINE OF YELLOW EYES SURROUNDED THEM AND WHEN IT MOVED IT WAS TO COME NEARER
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