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The Famine

           Withdrawnfromtheimmediatescrambleoftheotherdogsinfactoutofsightbehindathickethewasdevouringhisprize,whenBaseekrushedinuponhim. Beforeheknewwhathewasdoing,hehadslashedtheintrudertwiceandsprungclear. Baseekwassurprisedbytheother’stemerityandswiftnessofattack. Hestood,gazingstupidlyacrossatWhiteFang,theraw,redshin-bonebetweenthem. 

           Baseekwasold,andalreadyhehadcometoknowtheincreasingvalourofthedogsithadbeenhiswonttobully. Bitterexperiencesthese,which,perforce,heswallowed,callinguponallhiswisdomtocopewiththem. IntheolddayshewouldhavesprunguponWhiteFanginafuryofrighteouswrath. Butnowhiswaningpowerswouldnotpermitsuchacourse. Hebristledfiercelyandlookedominouslyacrosstheshin-boneatWhiteFang. AndWhiteFang,resurrectingquiteadealoftheoldawe,seemedtowiltandtoshrinkinuponhimselfandgrowsmall,ashecastaboutinhismindforawaytobeataretreatnottooinglorious. 

           AndrighthereBaseekerred. Hadhecontentedhimselfwithlookingfierceandominous,allwouldhavebeenwell. WhiteFang,onthevergeofretreat,wouldhaveretreated,leavingthemeattohim. ButBaseekdidnotwait. Heconsideredthevictoryalreadyhisandsteppedforwardtothemeat. Ashebenthisheadcarelesslytosmellit,WhiteFangbristledslightly. EventhenitwasnottoolateforBaseektoretrievethesituation. Hadhemerelystoodoverthemeat,headupandglowering,WhiteFangwouldultimatelyhaveslunkaway. ButthefreshmeatwasstronginBaseek’snostrils,andgreedurgedhimtotakeabiteofit. 

           ThiswastoomuchforWhiteFang. Freshuponhismonthsofmasteryoverhisownteam-mates,itwasbeyondhisself-controltostandidlybywhileanotherdevouredthemeatthatbelongedtohim. 

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