Eiseeyou patted the boy's shoulder and looked lovingly down at him.
"I was just thinking that myself," he said. "Yes, I am certain.
"The God of the wild creatures has called The White Czar and he has answered the call. It is well. His place is on the icefloe among the seal and the walrus. You must not wish him back.
"The winds and the snow and the cold have called him.
"They are what the white man calls Nature, and when they call the animals obey. Even man has to obey her voice. Yes, the winds the cold and the snow have called him, and he has answered. It is well."
[1]Note: In the northern hemisphere the seal pup is white. This is to screen him from such enemies as the bear, the wolf, and the fox. In the southern hemisphere where these animals do not exist, he is the same color as the adult seal.
THE END