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nerves      had    pulsated     to  little�察 �sparklike     flashes�察   �warm´coloured         and 

strangely pleasing。 The life of his body�察�and of every fibre of his body�察�the 

life that was the very substance of his body and that was apart from his 

own     personal     life�察 �had   yearned     toward     this  light   and   urged    his  body 

toward it in the same way that the cunning chemistry of a plant urges it 

toward the sun。 

     Always�察  �in   the   beginning�察  �before   his   conscious   life   dawned�察  �he   had 

crawled toward the mouth of the cave。 And in this his brothers and sisters 

were one with him。 Never�察�in that period�察�did any of them crawl toward the 

dark corners of the back´wall。 The light drew them as if they were plants�察�

the   chemistry   of   the   life   that   composed   them   demanded   the   light   as   a 

necessity      of  being�察   �and   their   little  puppet´bodies      crawled     blindly    and 

chemically�察  �like   the   tendrils   of   a   vine。   Later   on�察  �when   each   developed 

individuality and became personally conscious of impulsions and desires�察�

the    attraction    of  the   light  increased。     They    were    always     crawling     and 

sprawling toward it�察�and being driven back from it by their mother。 

     It   was   in   this   way   that   the   grey   cub   learned   other   attributes   of   his 

mother than the soft�察�soothing�察�tongue。 In his insistent crawling toward the 

light�察  �he   discovered   in   her   a   nose   that   with   a   sharp   nudge   administered 

rebuke�察�and later�察�a paw�察�that crushed him down and rolled him over and 

over with swift�察�calculating stroke。 Thus he learned hurt�察�and on top of it 

he learned to avoid hurt�察�first�察�by not incurring the risk of it�察�and second�察�

when he had incurred the risk�察�by dodging and by retreating。 These were 

conscious actions�察�and were the results of his first generalisations upon the 

world。   Before   that   he   had   recoiled   automatically   from   hurt�察  �as   he   had 

crawled   automatically   toward   the   light。 After   that   he   recoiled   from   hurt 

because he KNEW that it was hurt。 

     He was a fierce little cub。 So were his brothers and sisters。 It was to be 

expected。   He   was   a   carnivorous   animal。   He   came   of   a   breed   of   meat´ 

killers   and   meat´eaters。   His   father   and   mother   lived   wholly   upon   meat。 

The milk he had sucked with his first flickering life�察�was milk transformed 

directly from meat�察�and now�察�at a month old�察�when his eyes had been open 

for but a week�察�he was beginning himself to eat meat ´ meat half´digested 

by the she´wolf and disgorged for the five growing cubs that already made 



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too great demand upon her breast。 

     But he was�察�further�察�the fiercest of the litter。 He could make a louder 

rasping growl than any of them。 His tiny rages were much more terrible 

than theirs。 It was he that first learned the trick of rolling a fellow´cub over 

with a cunning paw´stroke。 And it was he that first gripped another cub by 

the   ear   and pulled   and   tugged   and growled   through   jaws   tight´clenched。 

And certainly it was he that caused the mother the most trouble in keeping 

her litter from the mouth of the cave。 

     The fascination of the light for the grey cub increased from day to day。 

He was   perpetually departing on yard´long   adventures toward   the   cave's 

entrance�察�and as perpetually being driven back。 Only he did not know it 

for   an   entrance。   He   did   not   know   anything   about   entrances   ´   passages 

whereby one goes from one place to another place。 He did not know any 

other place�察�much less of a way to get there。 So to him the entrance of the 

cave was a wall ´ a wall of light。 As the sun was to the outside dweller�察�this 

wall was to him the sun of his world。 It attracted him as a candle attracts a 

moth。   He   was   always   striving   to   attain   it。   The   life   that   was   so   swiftly 

expanding within him�察�urged him continually toward the wall of light。 The 

life that was within him knew that it was the one way out�察�the way he was 

predestined to tread。 But   he himself  did not   know anything   about it。  He 

did not know there was any outside at all。 

     There was one strange thing about this wall of light。 His father ��he had 

already come to recognise his father as the one other dweller in the world�察�

a creature like his mother�察�who slept near the light and was a bringer of 

meat�� ´ his father had a way of walking right into the white far wall and 

disappearing。      The    grey   cub   could    not  understand      this。  Though     never 

permitted   by   his   mother   to   approach   that   wall�察  �he   had   approached   the 

other   walls�察  �and   encountered   hard   obstruction   on   the   end   of   his   tender 

nose。 This hurt。 And after several such adventures�察�he left the walls alone。 

Without thinking about it�察�he accepted this disappearing into the wall as a 

peculiarity of his father�察�as milk and half´ digested meat were peculiarities 

of his mother。 

     In fact�察�the grey cub was not given to thinking ´ at least�察�to the kind of 

thinking     customary      of  men。    His   brain   worked     in  dim   ways。    Yet   his 



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conclusions were as sharp and distinct as those achieved by men。 He had a 

method of accepting things�察�without questioning the why and wherefore。 

In reality�察�this was the act of classification。 He was never disturbed over 

why   a   thing   happened。   How   it   happened   was   sufficient   for   him。   Thus�察�

when he had bumped his nose on the back´wall a few times�察�he accepted 

that he would not disappear into walls。 In the same way he accepted that 

his father could disappear into walls。 But he was not in the least disturbed 

by desire to find out the reason for the difference between his father and 

himself。 Logic and physics were no part of his mental make´up。 

     Like most creatures of the Wild�察�he   early experienced famine。 There 

came   a   time   when   not   only   did   the   meat´supply   cease�察  �but   the   milk   no 

longer   came   from   his   mother's   breast。 At   first�察  �the   cubs   whimpered   and 

cried�察�but   for the  most part   they  slept。 It   was  not   long   before  they  were 

reduced to a coma of hunger。 There were no more spats and squabbles�察�no 

more tiny rages nor attempts at growling�察�while the adventures toward the 

far white wall ceased altogether。 The cubs slept�察�while the life that was in 

them flickered and died down。 

     One Eye was desperate。 He ranged far and wide�察�and slept but little in 

the lair that had now become cheerless and miserable。 The she´wolf�察�too�察�

left her litter and went out in search of meat。 In the first days after the birth 

of the cubs�察�One Eye had journeyed several times back to the Indian camp 

and   robbed   the   rabbit   snares�察  �but�察  �with   the   melting   of   the   snow   and   the 

opening of the streams�察�the Indian camp had moved away�察�and that source 

of supply was closed to him。 

     When the grey cub came back to life and again took interest in the far 

white wall�察�he found that the population of his world had been reduced。 

Only one sister remained to him。 The rest were gone。 As he grew stronger�察�

he found himself compelled   to play alone�察�for  the sister no longer lifted 

her head nor moved about。 His little body rounded out with the meat he 

now ate�察�but the food had come too late for her。 She slept continuously�察�a 

tiny skeleton flung round with skin in which the flame flickered lower and 

lower and at last went out。 

     Then there   came a   time   when   the grey  cub no longer saw   his   father 

appearing      and   disappearing     in  the  wall   nor   lying   down    asleep   in  the 



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entrance。 This had happened at the end of a second and less severe famine。 

The she´wolf knew why One Eye never came back�察�but there was no way 

by which she could tell what she had seen to the grey cub。 Hunting herself 

for   meat�察  �up   the   left   fork   of   the   stream   where   lived   the   lynx�察  �she   had 

followed   a   day´old   trail   of   One   Eye。   And   she   had   found   him�察  �or   what 

remained   of   him�察  �at   the   end   of   the   trail。   There   were   many   signs   of   the 

battle that had been fought�察�and of the lynx's withdrawal to her lair after 

having won the victory。 Before she went away�察�the she´wolf had found this 

lair�察�but the signs told her that the lynx was inside�察�and she had not dared 

to venture in。 

     After that�察�the she´wolf in her hunting avoided the left fork。 For she 

knew that in the lynx's lair was a litter of kittens�察�and she knew the lynx 

for   a   fierce�察�bad´tempered   creature   and   a   terrible   fighter。  It   was   all   very 

well for half a dozen wolves to drive a lynx�察�spitting and bristling�察�up a 

tree�察�but it was quite a different matter for a lone wolf to encounter a lynx 

´ especially when the lynx was known to have a litter of hungry kittens at 

her back。 

     But the Wild is the Wild�察�and motherhood is motherhood�察�at all times 

fiercely protective whether   in the Wild   or out of   it�察�and the   time was   to 

come when the she´wolf�察�for her grey cub's sake�察�would venture the left 

fork�察�and the lair in the rocks�察�and the lynx's wrath。 



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