even only revealed something like friendliness towards his pack on particularly good days, did not hold the little ones back and was never rude to them. He did not even speak an unkind word to them. Today, however, even he grumbled unwillingly as the five wandered through the cave and the old wolves pinched their ears. Finally, Hige said: "Hey you five take off with you, before you can all get out of your skin. Known to Aki, he said:" Are you looking at Fye? I don't have that much experience with things like that, but I worry myself. ""I will," muttered the black woman, but didn't seem to mean it. Laughing, Hige said: "Hey, you shouldn't go back to sleep!" "Yes, yes, I'm already awake." Aki muttered, eyes still tightly closed. "I can tell," Hige said sarcastically. Then he carefully pulled his paws away from under Aki's head and she rolled back around Fye. With a smile, Hige threw one last look at his companion and then climbed up the cave passage with the puppies. Suddenly, however, Hige hadn't gone ten minutes, she started up and looked at the puppy in horror.
Nervous but still serious, she said: "Cheza? Are you already awake?" The addressee had been dozing blissfully until now, but that was over when she heard Aki's tone. Immediately she was up and said: “What's going on?” Aki said with a shudder: “He's cold, much too cold.” Cheza said reassuringly: “Oh, don't overdo it. It won't be that bad.” But when she did brown puppy attacked, she winced too.Without a word, she motioned for Aki to lie down next to him again, which she immediately did. "Well, let's see what he's got that shocked us," she said, smiling encouragingly, but the smile was more for Aki, who now seemed to be finished with her nerves. Cheza examined the little one professionally and then said: "He did she catch the flu and what a flu. We have to keep him warm, then he'll do it on his own. But when he cools down, nobody can do anything for him. Aki just nodded resolutely and pulled the little one closer to her.

In the course of the day the whole pack moved outside, even Cheza and the still badly battered Kiba, only Aki and Fye stayed where they were. Hige and Cheza came every few hours to see how they were doing, but nothing else happened. In the evening everyone came together again and it was discussed how it should finally go on. The atmosphere was largely relaxed, but only serious faces were to be seen.Eventually the debate got quite heated and loud, which was especially against the grain of Aki and Cheza, and Aki said reassuringly: "Hey guys, get yourself back. Nobody benefits if we argue. One thing is certain, we can't stay here. The pack has simply grown too big for these forests. The best thing would be an animal protection reserve, with no hunting and plenty of game. "" But where do you get it from if you don't steal? " Tsume said meekly. Thoughtful silence. Then Blue said: "Says there isn't an entire island in Japan that has been declared a reserve?" He looked around questioningly but nobody could really confirm that. Above all, he looked at Aki questioningly, since she had lived in Japan. She mused dully then said: "You're right, Blue. The island is called Yamagata and was declared a nature reserve about seven years ago. Apparently there are plants there that don't grow anywhere else in the world. I've been there before There.Actually quite nice there. Tourists hardly ever come to the island, and the locals consider them sacred and therefore do not retire them. That would be perfect. "Cool as ever, Tsume said:" But you already know that Japan is pretty much on the other side of the world. Think about it, we lived about three months without the puppies. And then we were all in relatively good shape. Now we need at least twice as long to run longer than six hours a day. You can't expect the puppies to run. "Of course there is something to it, said Cheza approvingly," But does anyone else come up with something? “Unanimous shaking of the head.” All right, said Kiba, “then it's decided, we're going to Yamagata.”