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The Famine

           Theyquicklylearnedtoleavehimalone,neitherventuringhostileactsnormakingoverturesoffriendliness. Iftheylefthimalone,heleftthemaloneastateofaffairsthattheyfound,afterafewencounters,tobepre-eminentlydesirable. 

           InmidsummerWhiteFanghadanexperience. Trottingalonginhissilentwaytoinvestigateanewtepeewhichhadbeenerectedontheedgeofthevillagewhilehewasawaywiththehuntersaftermoose,hecamefulluponKiche. Hepausedandlookedather. Herememberedhervaguely,butherememberedher,andthatwasmorethancouldbesaidforher. Sheliftedherlipathimintheoldsnarlofmenace,andhismemorybecameclear. Hisforgottencubhood,allthatwasassociatedwiththatfamiliarsnarl,rushedbacktohim. Beforehehadknownthegods,shehadbeentohimthecentre-pinoftheuniverse. Theoldfamiliarfeelingsofthattimecamebackuponhim,surgedupwithinhim. Heboundedtowardsherjoyously,andshemethimwithshrewdfangsthatlaidhischeekopentothebone. Hedidnotunderstand.Hebackedaway,bewilderedandpuzzled. 

           ButitwasnotKiche’sfault. Awolf-motherwasnotmadetorememberhercubsofayearorsobefore. SoshedidnotrememberWhiteFang. Hewasastrangeanimal,anintruder;andherpresentlitterofpuppiesgavehertherighttoresentsuchintrusion. 

           OneofthepuppiessprawleduptoWhiteFang. Theywerehalf-brothers,onlytheydidnotknowit. WhiteFangsniffedthepuppycuriously,whereuponKicherusheduponhim,gashinghisfaceasecondtime. Hebackedfartheraway. Alltheoldmemoriesandassociationsdieddownagainandpassedintothegravefromwhichtheyhadbeenresurrected. HelookedatKichelickingherpuppyandstoppingnowandthentosnarlathim. Shewaswithoutvaluetohim. 

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