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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Now
the
Danes
came
up,
huge-limbed
creatures,
any
one
of
them
as
heavy
as
the
Wolf.
I
heard
their
heavy
breathing
tighten
into
a
threatening
sound
as
they
plunged
ahead;
eager
to
tear
the
foe
to
pieces;
but
when
they
saw
him
there,
grim
fearless,
mighty
of
jaw,
tireless
of
limb,
ready
to
die
if
need
be,
but
sure
of
this,
he
would
not
die
alone--well,
those
great
Danes--all
three
of
them--were
stricken,
as
the
rest
had
been,
with
a
sudden
bashfulness:
Yes,
they
would
go
right
in
presently--not
now,
but
as
soon
as
they
had
got
their
breath;
they
were
not
afraid
of
a
Wolf,
oh,
no.
I
could
read
their
courage
in
their
voices.
They
knew
perfectly
well
that
the
first
Dog
to
go
in
was
going
to
get
hurt,
but
never
mind
that--presently;
they
would
bark
a
little
more
to
get
up
enthusiasm.
And
as
the
ten
big
Dogs
were
leaping
round
the
silent
Wolf
at
bay,
there
was
a
rustling
in
the
sage
at
the
far
side
of
place;
then
a
snow-white
rubber
ball,
it
seemed,
came
bounding,
but
grew
into
a
little
Bull-terrier,
and
Snap,
slowest
of
the
pack,
and
last,
came
panting
hard,
so
hard
he
seemed
gasping.
Over
the
level
open
he
made,
straight
to
the
changing
ring
around
the
Cattle-killer
whom
none
dared
face.
Did
he
hesitate?
Not
for
an
instant;
through
the
ring
of
the
yelping
pack,
straight
for
the
old
despot
of
range,
right
for
his
throat
he
sprang;
and
the
Gray-wolf
struck
with
his
twenty
scimitars.
But
the
little
one,
if
fooled
at
all,
sprang
again,
and
then
what
came
I
hardly
knew.
There
was
a
whirling
mass
of
Dogs.
I
thought
I
saw
the
little
White
One
clinched
on
the
Gray-wolf's
nose.
The
pack
was
all
around;
we
could
not
help
them
now.
But
they
did
not
need
us;
they
had
a
leader
of
dauntless
mettle,
and
when
in
a
little
while
the
final
scene
was
done,
there
on
the
ground
lay
the
Gray-wolf,
a
giant
of
his
kind,
and
clinched
on
his
nose
was
the
little
white
Dog.
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