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〃The Blessed Wolf!〃 chorused the women。
Judge Scott surveyed them triumphantly。
〃Out of your own mouths be it;〃 he said。 〃Just as I contended right
along。 No mere dog could have done what he did。 He's a wolf。〃
〃A Blessed Wolf;〃 amended the Judge's wife。
〃Yes; Blessed Wolf;〃 agreed the Judge。 〃And henceforth that shall be
my name for him。〃
〃He'll have to learn to walk again;〃 said the surgeon; 〃so he might as
well start in right now。 It won't hurt him。 Take him outside。〃
And outside he went; like a king; with all Sierra Vista about him and
tending on him。 He was very weak; and when he reached the lawn he lay
down and rested for a while。
Then the procession started on; little spurts of strength coming into
White Fang's muscles as he used them and the blood began to surge
through them。 The stables were reached; and there in the doorway; lay
Collie; a half…dozen pudgy puppies playing about her in the sun。
White Fang looked on with a wondering eye。 Collie snarled warningly
at him; and he was careful to keep his distance。 The master with his toe
helped one sprawling puppy toward him。 He bristled suspiciously; but the
master warned him that all was well。 Collie; clasped in the arms of one of
the women; watched him jealously and with a snarl warned him that all
was not well。
The puppy sprawled in front of him。 He cocked his ears and watched it
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curiously。 Then their noses touched; and he felt the warm little tongue of
the puppy on his jowl。 White Fang's tongue went out; he knew not why;
and he licked the puppy's face。
Hand…clapping and pleased cries from the gods greeted the
performance。 He was surprised; and looked at them in a puzzled way。
Then his weakness asserted itself; and he lay down; his ears cocked; his
head on one side; as he watched the puppy。 The other puppies came
sprawling toward him; to Collie's great disgust; and he gravely permitted
them to clamber and tumble over him。 At first; amid the applause of the
gods; he betrayed a trifle of his old self…consciousness and awkwardness。
This passed away as the puppies' antics and mauling continued; and he lay
with half…shut patient eyes; drowsing in the sun。
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