University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-02

For three days he was satisfied Il
cuddle close against his mother, feed
ing when he was hungry, sleeping
great deal and preened and launderet
almost constantly by Gray VOLTS af
fectionate tongue. From the fourth
day he grew buster and more inquisi
tive with every hour He found hi:
mothers blind face, with tremendou:
effort he tumbled over her paws, ant
once he lost himself completely an(
sniffled for help when he rolled fif
teen or eighteen inches away from
her. II was not long after this thai
he began to recognize Kazan as a par
of his mother, and he was scarcely
more than a week old when he rolled
himself up contentedly between Ka'
zan's forelegs and went to sleep. Ka-
zan was puzzled. Then with deer
sigh Gray Wolf laid her head across
one of her mates forelegs, with her
nose touching her runaway baby, and
seemed vastly contented. For half an
hour Kazan did not move.
When he was ten days old Ba-ree
discovered there was great sport in
tussling with a bit of rabbit fur. 1t
was a little later when he made his
second exciting discovery-light and
sunshine. The sun had now reached
a point where in the middle of the af-
ternoon a bright gleam of it found its
way through an overhead opening in
the windfall. At first Ba-ree would
only stare at the golden streak. Then
came the time when he tried to play
with it as he played with the rabbit
fur. Each day thereafter he went a
little nearer the opening through
which Kazan passed from the windfall
into the big world outside Finally
came the time when he reached the
opening and crouched there, blinking
and frightened at what he saw, and
now Gray Wolf no longer tried to hold
him back but went out into the sun
shine and tried to call him to her. 1t
was three days before his weak eyes
had grown strong enough to permit
his following her, and very quickly af
ter that Ba-ree learned to love the
sun, the warm air, and the sweetness
Of life, and to dread the darkness of
the closed-in den where he had been
born.
That this world was not altogether
so nice as it at first appeared he was
very soon to learn. At the darkening
signs of an approaching storm one day
Gray Wolf tried to lure him back un-
Ter the windfall. 1t was her first
to Ba-ree and he did not un-
ierstand. Where Gray Wolf failed,
nature came to teach a first lesson.
Ba-ree was caught in sudden deluge
If rain 1t fiattened him out in pure
error and he was drenched and half
lrowned before Gray Wolf caught him
between her jaws and carried him into
helter. One by one after this the
irst strange experiences of life came
o him, and one by one his instincts
eceived their birth. Greatest for
lin of the days to follow was that
IN which his inquisitive nose touched
he raw flesh of a freshly killed and
bleeding rabbit 1t was his first taste
# blood 1t was sweet. II. filled him
With strange excitement and there
fter he knew what it meant when
iazan brought in something between
is jaws. He soon began to battle
With sticks in place of the soft fur
nd his teeth grew as hard and as
harp as little needles.
The Great Mystery was barred to
i'm at last when Kazan brought in
etween his jaws, a big rabbit that |
Tas still alive but so badly crushed |
hat it could not run when dropped to
ne ground Ba-ree had learned to |
now what rabbits and partridges |
leant-the sweet warm blood that he |
,ved better even than he had ever
wed his mothers milk. But they
ad come to him dead. He had never
cen one of the monsters alive. And |
ow the rabbit that Kazan dropped to |
lie ground, kicking and struggling
ith a broken back. sent Ba-ree back
ppalled. For a few moments he
onderingly watched the dying tnroes
Kazan's prey. Both Kazan and Gray
Tolf seemed to understand that this
as to be Ba-ree's first lesson in his
lucation as Staying and fiesh-eating
feature. and they stood close over
lie rabbit, making no effort to end its
ruggles. Half dozen times Gray
'olf shifted at the rabbit and then
Irned her blind face toward Ba-ree
fter the third or fourth time Kazan