“I hear and obey， O Queen，” growled the Wolf， and immediately he shot away into the snow and darkness， as quickly as a horse can gallop. In a few minutes he had called another wolf and was with him down on the dam sniffing at the Beavers’ house. But of course they found it empty. It would have been a dreadful thing for the Beavers and the children if the night had remained fine， for the wolves would then have been able to follow their trail.and ten to one would have overtaken them before they had got to the cave. But now that the snow had begun again the scent was cold and even the footprints were covered up.
