Copyrighted by B. B. Dobbs
Dog Team with Record of 412 Miles in 72 Hours
Courtesy “Alaska-Yukon Magazine”
Siberian Husky
Then ran Porcupine around in front of Beaver to play with his friend. Now when this was finished, what did the Porcupine? He got food for the Beaver to eat. Then this did the Porcupine: bark of a tree and leaves of a tree did he give him for a feast. Then, on his part, Beaver was afraid to eat. Then this said the Porcupine to his great friend, Beaver: “Eat fast, friend. Eat fast, friend.” Then so did the Beaver.
Then said Porcupine, “Friend,”—thus said he to Beaver—“to-morrow morning we play, you and I. There stands a tree on a grassy slope. There is my playground.”
Then they slept. But Porcupine sang,
“Now along the edge I walk . . . out falls my shooting star.”