When Wild Dog reached the mouth of the Cave he lifted up the dried horse-skin with his nose and sniffed the beautiful smell of the roast mutton , and the Woman , looking at the blade-bone , heard him , and laughed , and said , ` Here comes the first . Wild Thing out of the Wild Woods , what do you want ? ' Wild Dog said , ' O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy , what is this that smells so good in the Wild Woods ? ' Then the Woman picked up a roasted mutton-bone and threw it to Wild Dog , and said , ` Wild Thing out of the Wild Woods , taste and try . ' Wild Dog gnawed the bone , and it was more delicious than anything he had ever tasted , and he said , ' O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy , give me another . ' The Woman said , ` Wild Thing out of the Wild Woods , help my Man to hunt through the day and guard this Cave at night , and I will give you as many roast bones as you need . ' ` Ah ! ' said the Cat , listening . ` This is a very wise Woman , but she is not so wise as I am . ' Wild Dog crawled into the Cave and laid his head on the Woman 's lap , and said , ' O my Friend and Wife of my Friend , I will help Your Man to hunt through the day , and at night I will guard your Cave . ' ` Ah ! ' said the Cat , listening . ` That is a very foolish Dog . ' And he went back through the Wet Wild Woods waving his wild tail , and walking by his wild lone . But he never told anybody . When the Man waked up he said , ` What is Wild Dog doing here ? ' And the Woman said , ` His name is not Wild Dog any more , but the First Friend , because he will be our friend for always and always and always . Take him with you when you go hunting . ' Next night the Woman cut great green armfuls of fresh grass from the water-meadows , and dried it before the fire , so that it smelt like new-mown hay , and she sat at the mouth of the Cave and plaited a halter out of horse-hide , and she looked at the shoulder of mutton-bone -- at the big broad blade-bone -- and she made a Magic . She made the Second Singing Magic in the world .
Out in the Wild Woods all the wild animals wondered what had happened to Wild Dog , and at last Wild Horse stamped with his foot and said , ' I will go and see and say why Wild XXXXX has not returned .
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