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The Wall of the World

           Notonlywashisbodytiredwiththeadventuresithadundergone,buthislittlebrainwasequallytired. Inallthedayshehadlivedithadnotworkedsohardasonthisoneday. Furthermore,hewassleepy. Sohestartedouttolookforthecaveandhismother,feelingatthesametimeanoverwhelmingrushoflonelinessandhelplessness. 

           Hewassprawlingalongbetweensomebushes,whenheheardasharpintimidatingcry. Therewasaflashofyellowbeforehiseyes. Hesawaweaselleapingswiftlyawayfromhim. Itwasasmalllivething,andhehadnofear. Then,beforehim,athisfeet,hesawanextremelysmalllivething,onlyseveralincheslong,ayoungweasel,that,likehimself,haddisobedientlygoneoutadventuring. Ittriedtoretreatbeforehim. Heturneditoverwithhispaw. Itmadeaqueer,gratingnoise. Thenextmomenttheflashofyellowreappearedbeforehiseyes. Heheardagaintheintimidatingcry,andatthesameinstantreceivedasharpblowonthesideoftheneck andfeltthesharpteethofthemother-weaselcutintohisflesh. 

           Whileheyelpedandki-yi’dandscrambledbackward,hesawthemother-weaselleapuponheryoungoneanddisappearwithitintotheneighbouringthicket. Thecutofherteethinhisneckstillhurt,buthisfeelingswerehurtmoregrievously,andhesatdownandweaklywhimpered. Thismother-weaselwassosmallandsosavage. Hewasyettolearnthatforsizeandweighttheweaselwasthemostferocious,vindictive,andterribleofallthekillersoftheWild. Butaportionofthisknowledgewasquicklytobehis. 

           Hewasstillwhimperingwhenthemother-weaselreappeared. Shedidnotrushhim,nowthatheryoungonewassafe. 

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