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Show 10 b . Outside i t res s t i l l and cold. Bill took off his k n i t t e d xrool muffler and xrrapped i t around L i t t l e B i l l 's nose and mouth so t h a t only his eyes looked out. The four men xrere walking s i n g l e f i l e . Olaf f i r s t to break t r a i l, then Weasel, Sunny carrying L i t t l e B i l l , and l a s t B i l l. I t xras slow, hard going. B i t t l e B i l l kept turning his head around to see B i l l , but, once he seemed c e r t a i n Bill xras folloxring, he seemed to be enjoying the journey. He squealed xrhen he f i r s t put his head back and saxr the bright s t a r s ; he put his hands out to the branches of the trees grabbing a t the snoxr and y e l l i n g u n t i l they had to stop, dry h i s hands, and t i g h t e n the deer skin bag around him so t h a t he c o u l d n ' t get them out. At the edge of the toxm, Olaf straightened up and shouted, "Hooray someone's broken t r a i l from here on in. Want me t o s p e l l you Sunny?" Sunny handed L i t t l e B i l l to Olaf, "By arm was just about ready to f a l l off." Within a short d i s t a n c e , Sunny'said his arm xjas a l l r i g h t again, and he was carrying L i t t l e Bill xrhen they entered the store. It resn't crowded as i t usually xras on a holiday n i g h t , and they heard many of the men xrere i l l and unable to xralk i n . There were no pack donkeys left-even the txro dogs t h a t had been in camp load come up missing. Some of the donkeys had died early in the long blizzard from lack of feed, but all the others, whose |
