White Fang . the law of meat, there was amyriad other and lesser laws for him to learn andobey. The world was filled with surprise. The stirof the life that was in him, the play of his muscles,was an unending happiness. To run down meat wasto experience thrills and elations. His rages andbattles were pleasures. Terror itself, and the mys-tery of the unknown, lent to his living. THE LAW OF MEAT 109 And there were easements and satisfactions. Tohave a full stomach, to doze lazily in the sunshine —such things were remuneration in full for his ardorsand toils, while his ardors and toils were in th
White Fang . the law of meat, there was amyriad other and lesser laws for him to learn andobey. The world was filled with surprise. The stirof the life that was in him, the play of his muscles,was an unending happiness. To run down meat wasto experience thrills and elations. His rages andbattles were pleasures. Terror itself, and the mys-tery of the unknown, lent to his living. THE LAW OF MEAT 109 And there were easements and satisfactions. Tohave a full stomach, to doze lazily in the sunshine —such things were remuneration in full for his ardorsand toils, while his ardors and toils were in them-selves self-remunerative. They were expressions oflife, and life is always happy when it is expressingitself. So the cub had no quarrel with his hostileenvironment. He was very much alive, very happy,and very proud of himself. PART THREETHE GODS OF THE WILD Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VI The Makers of Fire The Bondage The Outcast The Trail of the Gods The Covenant The Famine. CHAPTER I THE MAKERS OF FIRE The cub came upon it suddenly. It was his ownfault. He had been careless. He had left the caveand run down to the stream to drink. It mighthave been that he took no notice because he washeavy with sleep. (He had been out all night onthe meat-trail, and had but just then awakened).And his carelessness might have been due to thefamiliarity of the trail to the pool. He had travelledit often, and nothing had ever happened on it. He went down past the blasted pine, crossed theopen space, and trotted in amongst the trees. Then,at the same instant, he saw and smelt. Before him,sitting silently on their haunches, were five live things,the like of which he had never seen before. It washis first glimpse of mankind. But at the sight ofhim the five men did not spring to their feet, norshow their teeth, nor snarl. They did not move,but sat there, silent and ominous. Nor did the cub move. Every instinct of hisnature would have impelled him to dash wildly I 1
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