Then he cut out its
heart and liver. When these were cooked he gave the first to
Rolf and the second to Skookum, saying to the one, "I give you a
pekan heart;" and to the dog, "That will force all of the quills
out of you if you play the fool again, as I think you will."
In the skin of the fisher's neck and tail they found several
quills, some of them new, some of them dating evidently from
another fight of the same kind, but none of them had done any
damage. There was no inflammation or sign of poisoning. "It is
ever so," said Quonab, "the quills cannot hurt him." Then,
turning to the porcupine, he remarked, as he prepared to skin it:
"Ho, Kahk! you see now it was a big mistake you did not let Nana
Bojou sit on the dry end of that log."
Chapter 38. The Silver Fox
They were returning to the cabin, one day, when Quonab stopped
and pointed. Away off on the snow of the far shore was a moving
shape to be seen.
"Fox, and I think silver fox; he so black. I think he lives
there."
"Why?" "I have seen many times a very big fox track, and they
do not go where they do not live. Even in winter they keep their
own range.
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