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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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But
nothing
escapes
the
Fossekal.
He
had
seen
her
leave
the
herd,
and
now
he
sat
on
a
gorgeous
rock
that
overhung,
and
sang
as
though
he
had
waited
for
this
and
knew
that
the
fate
of
the
nation
might
turn
on
what
passed
in
this
far
glen.
He
sang:
Skoal!
Skoal!
For
Norway
Skoal!
Sing
ye
the
song
of
the
Vand-dam
troll.
When
I
am
hiding
Norway's
luck
On
a
White
Storbuk
Comes
riding,
riding.
There
are
no
Storks
in
Norway,
and
yet
an
hour
later
there
was
a
wonderful
little
Reindeer
lying
beside
the
Varsimle'.
She
was
brushing
his
coat,
licking
and
mothering
him,
proud
and
happy
as
though
this
was
the
first
little
Renskalv
ever
born.
There
might
be
hundreds
born
in
the
herd
that
month,
but
probably
no
more
like
this
one,
for
he
was
snowy
white,
and
the
song
of
the
singer
on
the
painted
rock
was
about
Good
luck,
good
luck,
And
a
White
Storbuk,
as
though
he
foresaw
clearly
the
part
that
the
White
Calf
was
to
play
when
he
grew
to
be
a
Storbuk.
But
another
wonder
now
came
to
pass.
Before
an
hour,
there
was
a
second
little
Calf--a
brown
one
this
time.
Strange
things
happen,
and
hard
things
are
done
when
they
needs
must.
Two
hours
later,
when
the
Varsimle'
led
the
White
Calf
away
from
the
place,
there
was
no
Brown
Calf,
only
some
flattened
rags
with
calf-hair
on
them.
The
mother
was
wise:
better
one
strongling
than
two
weaklings.
Within
a
few
days
the
Simle'
once
more
led
the
band,
and
running
by
her
side
was
the
White
Calf.
The
Varsimle'
considered
him
in
all
things,
so
that
he
really
set
the
pace
for
the
band,
which
suited
very
well
all
the
mothers
that
now
had
Calves
with
them.
Big,
strong,
and
wise
was
the
Varsimle',
in
the
pride
of
her
strength,
and
this
White
Calf
was
the
flower
of
her
prime.
He
often
ran
ahead
of
his
mother
as
she
led
the
herd,
and
Rol,
coming
on
them
one
day,
laughed
aloud
at
the
sight
as
they
passed,
old
and
young,
fat
Simle'
and
antlered
Storbuk,
a
great
brown
herd,
all
led,
as
it
seemed,
by
a
little
White
Calf.
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