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  〃The Blessed Wolf!〃 chorused the women。
  Judge Scott surveyed them triumphantly。
  〃Out   of   your   own   mouths   be   it;〃   he   said。   〃Just   as   I   contended   right
  along。 No mere dog could have done what he did。 He's a wolf。〃
  〃A Blessed Wolf;〃 amended the Judge's wife。
  〃Yes; Blessed Wolf;〃 agreed the Judge。 〃And henceforth that shall be
  my name for him。〃
  〃He'll have to learn to walk again;〃 said the surgeon; 〃so he might as
  well start in right now。 It won't hurt him。 Take him outside。〃
  And outside he went; like a king; with all Sierra Vista about him and
  tending on him。 He was very weak; and when he reached the lawn he lay
  down and rested for a while。
  Then   the   procession   started   on;   little   spurts   of   strength   coming   into
  White   Fang's   muscles   as   he   used   them   and   the   blood   began   to    surge
  through   them。   The   stables   were   reached;   and   there   in   the   doorway;   lay
  Collie; a half…dozen pudgy puppies playing about her in the sun。
  White Fang looked on with a wondering eye。 Collie snarled warningly
  at him; and he was careful to keep his distance。 The master with his toe
  helped one sprawling puppy toward him。 He bristled suspiciously; but the
  master warned him that all was well。 Collie; clasped in the arms of one of
  the women; watched him  jealously and with a snarl warned him that   all
  was not well。
  The puppy sprawled in front of him。 He cocked his ears and watched it
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  White Fang
  curiously。 Then their noses touched; and he felt the warm little tongue of
  the puppy on his jowl。 White Fang's tongue went out; he knew not why;
  and he licked the puppy's face。
  Hand…clapping        and    pleased     cries   from    the    gods    greeted    the
  performance。   He   was   surprised;   and   looked   at   them   in   a   puzzled   way。
  Then his weakness asserted itself; and he lay down; his ears cocked; his
  head   on    one   side;   as   he   watched   the   puppy。   The   other   puppies   came
  sprawling toward him; to Collie's great disgust; and he gravely permitted
  them to clamber and tumble over him。 At first; amid the applause of the
  gods; he betrayed a trifle of his old self…consciousness and awkwardness。
  This passed away as the puppies' antics and mauling continued; and he lay
  with half…shut patient eyes; drowsing in the sun。
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