But the caribou could not see the wolves. White Sox forgot everything except the fact that his cousins were in danger. He must warn them instantly.
Before his mother could stop him, he had given out three piercing bleats, “He-awk! he-awk! he-awk!”
The very next instant a big black wolf came out of the willows. It was followed by a gray one. They started up the slope toward him and his mother.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The October antlers of the barren-ground caribou fawns of the interior of Alaska are shorter than those of the fawns of reindeer. Many of them are stubs only 4 or 5 inches long. Those of the reindeer fawns are from 8 to 14 inches in length.
“At her heels went White Sox, terribly scared.”
IV
A Race for Life
“There! You’ve done it!” exclaimed Mother Reindeer. “Come on! Keep right in my tracks and don’t turn your head to the right or left. Do exactly as I do!”
Down the mossy slope she started at her swiftest speed. At her heels went White Sox, terribly scared, and thankful that he could run so fast.