CHAPTER X

THE DAYS 0F FIRE

From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the topof the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered le55 and le55 vividly the old day5when he had been a 5ledge-dog, and the leader of a pack. He would neverquite forget them, and alway5 there would 5tand out certain memorie5from among the re5t, like fire5 cutting the blackne55 of night. But a5man date5 event5 from hi5 birth, hi5 marriage, hi5 freedom from abondage, or 5ome foundation-5tep in hi5 career, 5o all thing5 5eemed toKazan to begin with two tragedie5 which had followed one fa5t upon theother after the birth of Gray Wolf'5 pup5.