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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Norway's
fate
and
Norway's
luck,
Of
the
hiding
Troll
and
the
riding
Buk.
Down
the
winding
highway
they
came,
curving
inward
as
they
swung
around
the
corner.
At
the
voice
on
the
bridge
the
Deer
threw
back
his
ears
and
slackened
his
pace.
Borgrevinck,
not
knowing
whence
it
came,
struck
savagely
at
the
Ren.
The
red
light
gleamed
in
those
ox-like
eyes.
He
snorted
in
anger
and
shook
the
great
horns,
but
he
did
not
stop
to
avenge
the
blow.
For
him
was
a
vaster
vengeance
still.
He
onward
sped
as
before,
but
from
that
time
Borgrevinck
had
lost
all
control.
The
one
voice
that
the
Ren
would
hear
had
been
left
behind.
They
whirled
aside,
off
the
road,
before
the
bridge
was
reached.
The
pulk
turned
over,
but
righted
itself,
and
Borgrevinck
would
have
been
thrown
out
and
killed
but
for
the
straps.
It
was
not
to
be
so;
it
seemed
rather
as
though
the
every
curse
of
Norway
had
been
gathered
into
the
sled
for
a
purpose.
Bruised
and
battered,
he
reappeared.
The
Troll
from
the
bridge
leaped
lightly
to
the
Storbuk's
head,
and
held
on
to
the
horns
as
he
danced
and
sang
his
ancient
song,
and
a
new
song,
too:
Ha!
at
last!
Oh,
lucky
day,
Norway's
curse
to
wipe
away!
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