When he got home, he dropped the little ball of
soft black wool between the two boys lying on a bear skin.
Then there were merry eyes, laughs, and soft calls:
"Here little pet!" and "Oh, the little sharp teeth!"
At last a tired little ball fell asleep in brown arms.
The puppy grew fast and was full of play. He followed the boys
everywhere, and they called him "Wow wow."
One day they were playing by the high rock, when the puppy saw
something in the woods and ran after it.
Pineknot called to him, "Come here, Wow wow!"
And the call came back from the rock, "Wow wow!"
"Oh, hear my talking shadow, brother," said Pineknot.
"Yes," said Thorn, laughing, "let us talk a while with our talking
shadows."
So they lay down on the ground and began to call.
[Illustration: So they lay down on the ground and began to call.]
"Ho, there!" called Thorn.
"Ho, there!" came back from the rock.
"Come here, talking shadow."
"Shadow," was the answer.
"We want to see you," called the boys.
"See you," said the echo.
"Ho, ho, ho!" laughed the boys.
"Ho, ho!" laughed the talking shadow.
That evening Pineknot came running to the cave, calling, "O Thorn, I
was coming along on the high rock, and I heard little cries. I crawled
through the bushes and looked over and saw a nest full of young eagles.
They were skinny and had no feathers on their bodies. The nest was
made of sticks; and oh, it was big, and there was a lot of feathers in
it!"
[Illustration: A nest full of young eagles]
Pineknot stopped for breath.
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