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The Famine

           Hehadlearnedtogetalongwithouther.Hermeaningwasforgotten. Therewasnoplaceforherinhisschemeofthings,astherewasnoplaceforhiminhers. 

           Hewasstillstanding,stupidandbewildered,thememoriesforgotten,wonderingwhatitwasallabout, whenKicheattackedhimathirdtime,intentondrivinghimawayaltogetherfromthevicinity. AndWhiteFangallowedhimselftobedrivenaway. Thiswasafemaleofhiskind,anditwasalawofhiskindthatthemalesmustnotfightthefemales. Hedidnotknowanythingaboutthislaw,foritwasnogeneralisationofthemind,notasomethingacquiredbyexperienceoftheworld. Heknewitasasecretprompting,asanurgeofinstinctofthesameinstinctthatmadehimhowlatthemoonandstarsofnights,andthatmadehimfeardeathandtheunknown. 

           Themonthswentby. WhiteFanggrewstronger,heavier,andmorecompact,whilehischaracterwasdevelopingalongthelineslaiddownbyhisheredityandhisenvironment. Hishereditywasalife-stuffthatmaybelikenedtoclay. Itpossessedmanypossibilities,wascapableofbeingmouldedintomanydifferentforms. Environmentservedtomodeltheclay,togiveitaparticularform. Thus,hadWhiteFangnevercomeintothefiresofman,theWildwouldhavemouldedhimintoatruewolf. Butthegodshadgivenhimadifferentenvironment,andhewasmouldedintoadogthatwasratherwolfish,butthatwasadogandnotawolf. 

           Andso,accordingtotheclayofhisnatureandthepressureofhissurroundings,hischaracterwasbeingmouldedintoacertainparticularshape. Therewasnoescapingit. Hewasbecomingmoremorose,moreuncompanionable,moresolitary,moreferocious; whilethedogswerelearningmoreandmorethatitwasbettertobeatpeacewithhimthanatwar,andGreyBeaverwascomingtoprizehimmoregreatlywiththepassageofeachday. 

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