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Animal Heroes
·
Ernest Thompson Seton
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The
Storbuk
was
quietly
sleeping
in
the
corral
when
Sveggum
came
to
bring
him.
He
rose
leisurely,
hind
legs
first,
stretched
one,
then
the
other,
curling
his
tail
tight
on
his
back
as
he
did
so,
shook
the
hay
from
the
great
antlers
as
though
they
were
a
bunch
of
twigs,
and
slowly
followed
Sveggum
at
the
end
of
the
tight
halter.
He
was
so
sleepy
and
slow
that
Borgrevinck
impatiently
gave
him
a
kick,
and
got
for
response
a
short
snort
from
the
Buk,
and
from
Sveggum
an
earnest
warning,
both
of
which
were
somewhat
scornfully
received.
The
tinkling
bells
on
the
harness
had
been
replaced,
but
Borgrevinck
wanted
them
removed.
He
wished
to
go
in
silence.
Sveggum
would
not
be
left
behind
when
his
favorite
Ren
went
forth,
so
he
was
given
a
seat
in
the
horse-sleigh
which
was
to
follow,
and
the
driver
thereof
received
from
his
master
a
secret
hint
to
delay.
Then,
with
papers
on
his
person
to
death-doom
a
multitude
of
misguided
men,
with
fiendish
intentions
in
his
heart
as
well
as
the
power
to
carry
them
out,
and
with
the
fate
of
Norway
in
his
hands,
Borgrevinck
was
made
secure
in
the
sled,
behind
the
White
Storbuk,
and
sped
at
dawn
on
his
errand
of
desolation.
At
the
word
from
Sveggum
the
White
Ren
set
off
with
a
couple
of
bounds
that
threw
Borgrevinck
back
in
the
pulk.
This
angered
him,
but
he
swallowed
his
wrath
on
seeing
that
it
left
the
horse-sleigh
behind.
He
shook
the
line,
shouted,
and
the
Buk
settled
down
to
a
long,
swinging
trot.
His
broad
hoofs
clicked
double
at
every
stride.
His
nostrils,
out
level,
puffed
steady
blasts
of
steam
in
the
frosty
morning
as
he
settled
to
his
pace.
The
pulk's
prow
cut
two
long
shears
of
snow,
that
swirled
up
over
man
and
sled
till
all
were
white.
And
the
great
ox-eyes
of
the
King
Ren
blazed
joyously
in
the
delight
of
motion,
and
of
conquest
too,
as
the
sound
of
the
horse-bells
faded
far
behind.
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