In the wee hours of morning, he gave up and left to stalk other parts of the mountains.
I’m sure he thought he didn’t stand a chance against two vicious hounds and a big hunter.
Chapter - VI
AFTER THE TERRIFYING NIGHT, THE BRIGHT MORNING SUN was a welcome sight. I fixed breakfast and soon we were on our way.
I tried to get the pups to follow me, so as to lighten my load.
They would for a way, and then, sitting down on their rears, they would cry and whimper.
Back in the sack they would go, with their heads sticking out of the holes and their long ears flopping. I moved on.
About midday I entered country I knew. I wasn’t far from home.
I dropped down out of the mountains into the bottoms far above the place I had crossed the river on my way to town.
Staying on the left of the river, I followed its course past several campgrounds,
but didn’t stop until I came to the one where I had found the magazine.
Here I took the pups out of the sack and sat down in the warm sand. As the afternoon wore on, I sat there deep in thought.
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