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The Enemy of His Kind

           HewastheWildtheunknown,theterrible,theever-menacing, thethingthatprowledinthedarknessaroundthefiresoftheprimevalworldwhenthey,coweringclosetothefires,werereshapingtheirinstincts,learningtofeartheWildoutofwhichtheyhadcome,andwhichtheyhaddesertedandbetrayed. Generationbygeneration,downallthegenerations,hadthisfearoftheWildbeenstampedintotheirnatures. ForcenturiestheWildhadstoodforterroranddestruction. Andduringallthistimefreelicencehadbeentheirs,fromtheirmasters,tokillthethingsoftheWild. Indoingthistheyhadprotectedboththemselvesandthegodswhosecompanionshiptheyshared. 

           Andso,freshfromthesoftsouthernworld,thesedogs,trottingdownthegang-plankandoutupontheYukonshorehadbuttoseeWhiteFangtoexperiencetheirresistibleimpulsetorushuponhimanddestroyhim. Theymightbetown-reareddogs,buttheinstinctivefearoftheWildwastheirsjustthesame. Notalonewiththeirowneyesdidtheyseethewolfishcreatureintheclearlightofday,standingbeforethem. Theysawhimwiththeeyesoftheirancestors,andbytheirinheritedmemorytheyknewWhiteFangforthewolf,andtheyrememberedtheancientfeud. 

           AllofwhichservedtomakeWhiteFang’sdaysenjoyable. Ifthesightofhimdrovethesestrangedogsuponhim,somuchthebetterforhim,somuchtheworseforthem. Theylookeduponhimaslegitimateprey,andaslegitimatepreyhelookeduponthem. 

           Notfornothinghadhefirstseenthelightofdayinalonelylairandfoughthisfirstfightswiththeptarmigan,theweasel,andthelynx. AndnotfornothinghadhispuppyhoodbeenmadebitterbythepersecutionofLip-lipandthewholepuppypack. Itmighthavebeenotherwise,andhewouldthenhavebeenotherwise. 

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