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having won the victory。 Before she went away�察�the she´wolf had found this 

lair�察�but the signs told her that the lynx was inside�察�and she had not dared 

to venture in。 

     After that�察�the she´wolf in her hunting avoided the left fork。 For she 

knew that in the lynx's lair was a litter of kittens�察�and she knew the lynx 

for   a   fierce�察�bad´tempered   creature   and   a   terrible   fighter。  It   was   all   very 

well for half a dozen wolves to drive a lynx�察�spitting and bristling�察�up a 

tree�察�but it was quite a different matter for a lone wolf to encounter a lynx 

´ especially when the lynx was known to have a litter of hungry kittens at 

her back。 

     But the Wild is the Wild�察�and motherhood is motherhood�察�at all times 

fiercely protective whether   in the Wild   or out of   it�察�and the   time was   to 

come when the she´wolf�察�for her grey cub's sake�察�would venture the left 

fork�察�and the lair in the rocks�察�and the lynx's wrath。 



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        CHAPTER IV ´ THE WALL OF THE WORLD 



     By the time his mother began leaving the cave on hunting expeditions�察�

the cub had learned well the law that forbade his approaching the entrance。 

Not only had this law been forcibly and many times impressed on him by 

his mother's nose and paw�察�but in him the instinct of fear was developing。 

Never�察�in his brief cave´ life�察�had he encountered anything of which to be 

afraid。   Yet   fear   was   in   him。   It   had   come   down   to   him   from   a   remote 

ancestry   through   a   thousand   thousand   lives。        It   was   a   heritage   he   had 

received directly from One Eye and the she´wolf�察�but to them�察�in turn�察�it 

had been passed down through all the generations of wolves that had gone 

before。 Fear�  � that legacy of the Wild which no animal   may escape nor 

exchange for pottage。 

     So the grey cub knew fear�察�though he knew not the stuff of which fear 

was made。 Possibly he accepted it as one of the restrictions of life。 For he 

had    already    learned    that  there   were   such    restrictions。   Hunger     he  had 

known�察�and when he could not appease his hunger he had felt restriction。 

The   hard   obstruction   of   the   cave´wall�察  �the   sharp   nudge   of   his   mother's 

nose�察 �the smashing stroke   of   her paw�察 �the   hunger unappeased   of   several 

famines�察�had borne in upon him that all was not freedom in the world�察�that 

to life there was limitations and restraints。 These limitations and restraints 

were   laws。   To   be   obedient   to   them   was   to   escape   hurt   and   make   for 

happiness。 

     He   did   not   reason   the   question   out   in   this   man   fashion。   He   merely 

classified the  things that   hurt   and the things   that   did   not hurt。 And   after 

such   classification   he   avoided   the   things   that   hurt�察  �the   restrictions   and 

restraints�察�in order to enjoy the satisfactions and the remunerations of life。 

     Thus it was that in obedience to the law laid down by his mother�察�and 

in obedience to the law of that unknown and nameless thing�察�fear�察�he kept 

away from the mouth of the cave。 It remained to him a white wall of light。 

When his mother was absent�察�he slept most of the time�察�while during the 

intervals     that   he   was    awake     he    kept   very    quiet�察  �suppressing      the 

whimpering cries that tickled in his throat and strove for noise。 



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     Once�察�lying awake�察�he heard a strange sound in the white wall。 He did 

not know that it was a wolverine�察�standing outside�察�all a´ trembling with its 

own daring�察�and cautiously scenting out the contents of the cave。 The cub 

knew only that the sniff was strange�察�a something unclassified�察�therefore 

unknown and terrible ´ for the unknown was one of the chief elements that 

went into the making of fear。 

     The hair bristled upon the grey cub's back�察�but it bristled silently。 How 

was he to know that this thing that sniffed was a thing at which to bristle�拭�

It was not born of any knowledge of his�察�yet it was the visible expression 

of the fear that was in him�察�and for which�察�in his own life�察�there was no 

accounting。      But    fear  was    accompanied       by   another    instinct   ´  that  of 

concealment。       The    cub   was   in   a  frenzy   of   terror�察 �yet  he   lay  without 

movement or sound�察�frozen�察�petrified into immobility�察�to all appearances 

dead。   His   mother�察  �coming   home�察  �growled   as   she   smelt   the   wolverine's 

track�察�and bounded into the cave and licked and nozzled him with undue 

vehemence of affection。 And the cub felt that somehow he had escaped a 

great hurt。 

     But there were other forces at work in the cub�察�the greatest of which 

was   growth。   Instinct   and   law   demanded   of   him   obedience。   But   growth 

demanded disobedience。 His mother and fear impelled him to keep away 

from the white wall。 Growth is life�察�and life is for ever destined to make 

for   light。   So   there   was   no   damming   up   the   tide   of   life   that   was   rising 

within him ´ rising with every mouthful of meat he swallowed�察�with every 

breath he drew。 In the end�察�one day�察�fear and obedience were swept away 

by    the  rush   of   life�察 �and   the  cub   straddled     and   sprawled     toward    the 

entrance。 

     Unlike   any   other   wall   with   which   he   had   had   experience�察  �this   wall 

seemed   to   recede   from   him   as   he   approached。   No   hard   surface   collided 

with    the   tender   little  nose   he   thrust   out  tentatively    before    him。   The 

substance of the wall seemed as permeable and yielding as light。 And as 

condition�察�in his eyes�察�had the seeming of form�察�so he entered into what 

had been wall to him and bathed in the substance that composed it。 

     It was bewildering。 He was sprawling through solidity。 And ever   the 

light grew brighter。 Fear urged him to go back�察�but growth drove him on。 



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Suddenly   he   found   himself   at   the   mouth   of   the   cave。   The   wall�察  �inside 

which he had thought himself�察�as suddenly leaped back before him to an 

immeasurable   distance。   The   light   had   become   painfully   bright。   He   was 

dazzled by it。 Likewise he was made dizzy by this abrupt and tremendous 

extension of space。 Automatically�察�his eyes were adjusting themselves to 

the   brightness�察    �focusing    themselves      to  meet   the   increased    distance    of 

objects。 At   first�察  �the   wall   had   leaped   beyond   his   vision。   He   now   saw   it 

again�察  �but   it   had   taken   upon   itself   a   remarkable   remoteness
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