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 "But it is alive," said No Man, "where did you get it?"

"It is mine—mine," said She Wolf, "see how little it is—but already it is very strong and clings with its hands."

Then she knelt before No Man and showed him the fruit of her deep forest labor.

"So that was why—" said No Man.

"Yes, that was why, and I am very weary," said She Wolf. "Take him in your hands, for he is yours also."

Then No Man forgot his