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Loz might have known that after such a mighty conflagration nothing could remain of his small furry beast, but there was hunger in him and little reason as he searched among the ashes. LAWS MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THAT AFTER SUCH A MIGHTY CONFLAGRATION NOTHING COULD REMAIN OF HIS SMALL FURRY BEAST BUT THERE WAS HUNGER IN HIM AND LITTLE REASON AS HE SEARCHED AMONG THE ASHES
 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. 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. But the tribe lay down all round the fire under thick furs and slept. And a great wind arose and blew into the roaring heart of the fire till it was red no longer, but all pallid with heat. With the dawn the tribe awoke. ND 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 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 BUT THE TRIBE LAY DOWN ALL ROUND THE FIRE UNDER THICK FIRS AND SLEPT AND A GREAT WIND AROSE AND BLEW INTO THE ROARING HEART OF THE FIRE TILL IT WAS RED NO LONGER BUT ALL PALLID WITH HEAT WITH THE DAWN THE TRIBE AWOKE
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