[The Rulers of the Lakes by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Rulers of the Lakes CHAPTER XII 40/46
It is that of the first wolf on the right, and he does slide forward as if he were a warrior and not a wolf.
I think I'll give him an arrow." "Wait until he comes a dozen feet nearer, Dagaeoga, and you can be quite sure.
But when you do shoot snatch up another arrow quicker than you ever did before in your life, because the leader, thinking you are not ready, may jump from the shelter of the rocks to drive the rest of the pack in a rush upon us." "You speak as if they were human beings, Tayoga." "Such is my thought, Dagaeoga." "Very well.
I'll bear in mind what you say, and I'll pick an arrow for Tandakora's brother." He chose a second arrow carefully and put it on the ledge beside him, where it required but one sweep of his hand to seize it and fit it to the string, when the first had been sent.
He now distinctly saw the creeping wolf, and again fancy laid hold of him and played strange tricks with his eyes.
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