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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Then
came
the
Yule-tide
Fair,
with
the
races
on
the
ice,
and
Utrovand
for
once
was
gay.
The
sullen
hills
about
reechoed
with
merry
shouting.
The
Reindeer
races
were
first,
with
many
a
mad
mischance
for
laughter.
Rol
himself
was
there
with
his
swiftest
sled
Deer,
a
tall,
dark,
five-year-old,
in
his
primest
prime.
But
over-eager,
over-brutal,
he
harried
the
sullen,
splendid
slave
till
in
mid-race--just
when
in
a
way
to
win--it
turned
at
a
cruel
blow,
and
Rol
took
refuge
under
the
upturned
sled
until
it
had
vented
its
rage
against
the
wood;
and
so
he
lost
the
race,
and
the
winner
was
the
young
White
Storbuk.
Then
he
won
the
five-mile
race
around
the
lake;
and
for
each
triumph
Sveggum
hung
a
little
silver
bell
on
his
harness,
so
that
now
he
ran
and
won
to
merry
music.
Then
came
the
Horse
races,--running
races
these;
the
Reindeer
only
trots,--and
when
Balder,
the
victor
Horse,
received
his
ribbon
and
his
owner
the
purse,
came
Sveggum
with
all
his
winnings
in
his
hand,
and
said:
"Ho,
Lars,
thine
is
a
fine
Horse,
but
mine
is
a
better
Storbuk;
let
us
put
our
winnings
together
and
race,
each
his
beast,
for
all."
A
Ren
against
a
Race-horse--such
a
race
was
never
seen
till
now.
Off
at
the
pistol-crack
they
flew.
"Ho,
Balder!
(cluck!)
Ho,
hi,
Balder!"
Away
shot
the
beautiful
Racer,
and
the
Storbuk,
striding
at
a
slower
trot,
was
left
behind.
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