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oppressed       the  weak     with    a  vengeance。      Not   for   nothing     had   he   been 

exposed to the pitiless struggles for life in the day of his cubhood�察�when 

his mother and he�察�alone and unaided�察�held their own and survived in the 

ferocious environment of the Wild。 And not for nothing had he learned to 

walk softly when superior strength went by。 He oppressed the weak�察�but he 

respected   the   strong。   And   in   the   course   of   the   long   journey   with   Grey 

Beaver he walked softly indeed amongst the full´grown dogs in the camps 

of the strange man´ animals they encountered。 

     The   months   passed   by。   Still   continued   the   journey   of   Grey   Beaver。 

White   Fang's   strength   was   developed   by  the   long   hours   on   trail   and   the 

steady     toil   at  the   sled�察  �and    it  would     have    seemed      that  his   mental 

development         was    well´nigh     complete。      He    had    come     to  know     quite 



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thoroughly      the   world    in  which    he   lived。  His   outlook    was    bleak   and 

materialistic。 The world as he saw it was a fierce and brutal world�察�a world 

without   warmth�察  �a   world   in   which   caresses   and   affection   and   the   bright 

sweetnesses of the spirit did not exist。 

     He had no affection for Grey Beaver。 True�察�he was a god�察�but a most 

savage god。 White Fang was glad to acknowledge his lordship�察�but it was 

a lordship based upon superior intelligence and brute strength。 There was 

something in the fibre of White Fang's being that made his lordship a thing 

to be desired�察�else he would not have come back from the Wild when he 

did   to   tender   his   allegiance。   There   were   deeps   in   his   nature   which   had 

never been sounded。 A kind word�察�a caressing touch of the hand�察�on the 

part of Grey Beaver�察�might have sounded these deeps�察�but Grey Beaver did 

not   caress�察  �nor   speak   kind   words。   It   was   not   his   way。   His   primacy   was 

savage�察�and savagely he ruled�察�administering justice with a club�察�punishing 

transgression      with    the  pain   of   a  blow�察  �and    rewarding     merit�察  �not   by 

kindness�察�but by withholding a blow。 

     So    White    Fang    knew    nothing    of   the  heaven    a  man's    hand    might 

contain for him。 Besides�察�he did not like the hands of the man´animals。 He 

was   suspicious   of   them。   It   was   true   that they  sometimes   gave   meat�察  �but 

more often they  gave hurt。 Hands   were things to   keep away from。 They 

hurled stones�察�wielded sticks and clubs and whips�察�administered slaps and 

clouts�察�and�察�when they touched him�察�were cunning to hurt with pinch and 

twist and wrench。 In strange villages he had encountered the hands of the 

children and learned that they were cruel to hurt。 Also�察�he had once nearly 

had an eye poked out by a toddling papoose。 From these experiences he 

became suspicious of all children。 He could not tolerate them。 When they 

came near with their ominous hands�察�he got up。 

     It   was   in   a   village   at   the   Great   Slave   Lake�察  �that�察  �in   the   course   of 

resenting the evil of the hands of the man´animals�察�he came to modify the 

law that he had learned from Grey Beaver�此�namely�察�that the unpardonable 

crime was to bite one of the gods。 In this village�察�after the custom of all 

dogs   in   all   villages�察  �White   Fang    went   foraging�察  �for   food。   A   boy   was 

chopping frozen moose´meat with an axe�察�and the chips were flying in the 

snow。 White Fang�察�sliding by in quest of meat�察�stopped and began to eat 



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the chips。 He observed the boy lay down the axe and take up a stout club。 

White Fang sprang clear�察�just in time to escape the descending blow。 The 

boy pursued him�察�and he�察�a stranger in the village�察�fled between two tepees 

to find himself cornered against a high earth bank。 

     There was no escape for White Fang。 The only way out was between 

the   two   tepees�察  �and   this   the   boy   guarded。   Holding   his   club   prepared   to 

strike�察  �he   drew   in   on   his   cornered   quarry。   White   Fang   was   furious。   He 

faced   the   boy�察  �bristling   and   snarling�察  �his   sense   of   justice   outraged。   He 

knew the law of forage。 All the wastage of meat�察�such as the frozen chips�察�

belonged to the dog that found it。 He had done no wrong�察�broken no law�察�

yet here was this boy preparing to give him a beating。 White Fang scarcely 

knew what happened。 He did it in a surge of rage。 And he did it so quickly 

that the boy did not know either。 All the boy knew was that he had in some 

unaccountable way been overturned into the snow�察�and that his club´hand 

had been ripped wide open by White Fang's teeth。 

     But White Fang knew that he had broken the law of the gods。 He had 

driven   his   teeth   into   the   sacred   flesh   of   one   of   them�察  �and   could   expect 

nothing   but   a   most   terrible   punishment。   He   fled   away   to   Grey   Beaver�察�

behind   whose   protecting   legs   he   crouched   when   the   bitten   boy   and   the 

boy's    family    came�察   �demanding       vengeance。      But   they   went    away    with 

vengeance unsatisfied。 Grey Beaver defended White Fang。 So did Mit´sah 

and Kloo´kooch。 White Fang�察�listening to the wordy war and watching the 

angry   gestures�察  �knew   that   his   act   was   justified。 And   so   it   came   that   he 

learned   there   were   gods   and   gods。   There   were   his   gods�察  �and   there   were 

other gods�察�and between them there was a difference。 Justice or injustice�察�

it was all the same�察�he must take all things from the hands of his own gods。 

But he was not compelled to take injustice from the other gods。 It was his 

privilege to resent it with his teeth。 And this also was a law of the gods。 

     Before the day was out�察�White Fang was to learn more about this law。 

Mit´sah�察�alone�察�gathering firewood in the forest�察�encountered the boy that 

had been bitten。 With him were other boys。 Hot words passed。 Then all the 

boys   attacked   Mit´sah。   It   was   going   hard   with   him。   Blows   were   raining 

upon him from all sides。 White Fang looked on at first。 This was an affair 

of the gods�察�and no concern of his。 Then he realised that this was Mit´sah�察�



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one   of   his   own   particular   gods�察  �who   was   being   maltreated。   It   was   no 

reasoned impulse that made White Fang do what he then did。 A mad rush 

of anger sent him leaping in amongst the combatants。 Five minutes later 

the   landscape   was   covered   with   fleeing   
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