from The She-Wolf in White Fang
by Jack London
In this excerpt, two men traveling by dogsled get a good look at a wolf-dog that has been following them for days
A few minutes later, Henry, who was now travelling behind the sled, emitted a low, warning whistle. Bill turned and looked, then quietly stopped the dogs. To the
rear, from around the last bend and plainly into view, on the very trail they had just covered, trotted a furry, slinking form. Its nose was to the trail, and it trotted with a
peculiar, sliding, effortless gait. When they halted, it halted, throwing up its head and regarding them steadily with nostrils that twitched as it caught and studied the
scent of them.
"It's the she-wolf," Bill answered.
The dogs had lain down in the snow, and he walked past them to join his partner in the sled. Together they watched the strange animal that had pursued them for
days and that had already accompanied the destruction of half their dog-team.
After a searching scrutiny, the animal trotted forward a few steps. This it repeated several times, till it was a short hundred yards away. It paused, head up, close
by a clump of spruce trees, and with sigh and scent studied the outfit of the watching men. It looked at them in a strangely wistful way, after the manner of a dog, but
in its wistfulness there was none of the dog affection. It was a wistfulness bred of hunger, as cruel as its own fangs, as merciless as the frost itself.
It was large for a wolf, its gaunt frame advertising the lines of an animal that was among the largest of its kind.
Which label provides the best details to support the key ideas from the passage?
After a searching scrutiny, the animal trotted forward
a few steps. This it repeated several times...
When they halted, it halted, throwing up
its head and regarding them steadily....
Key Idea
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Bill turned and looked, then quietly
stopped the dogs.
I tell you right now, Henry, that critter's
the cause of all our trouble.