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Show 159. axrakcned him--?', sxrish, sxrish, sxrish-strange and erie sounding. He ran to the door and opened, i t and looked into the dusk. He could see a dim shape. It xras not Olaf, but Sunny bent over, as if he xrere in harness, moving sloxrly through the snoxr and behind him the huge bulk of the bear. Then he saxr Olaf behind the bear, half-xra Iking half-dragging, his weight making the; bear's hind quarters sink into the snoxr. Bill quickly pulled on his shoes and started out the door. Sunny slipped the rope off his shoulders, when he saxr Bill, and. xralked in xrithout a glance back a t the """"^ ~*>bear or Olaf, motioning back xrith his head and s t i l l xjaIking stooped over Sunny said, ""/ill you help Olaf?" Bill ran out to Olaf. "Are you hurt?" Olaf shook his head and l e t t i n g go of the bear Leaned on B i l l. "Just gave out," Olaf said. Sunny xras a t the xrater bucket, and he drank and drank. Then, going into the lean-to xrith the same slouched bent-over g a i t , f e l l on his bunk saying, "Home never seemed so good." Bill helped Olaf over to a chair by the stove. Olaf rested a minute and then said, "First time I've ever given out on a t r a i l . Wo xrere travelling dead slow a t sun-down and i t looked as though there xras not a chance xre could pull i t in tonight. I xras sure xre were going to have to hole up and r e s t . Sunny said, 'Hang on the back Olaf and he broke t r a i l and pulled us both in." |
