But he was not in the least disturbed by desire to find out the reason for the difference between his father and himself.

Logic and physics were no part of his mental make- up.
Like most creatures of the Wild, he early experienced famine.

There came a time when not only did the meat-supply cease, but the milk no longer came from his mother's breast.

At first, the cubs whimpered and cried, but for the most part they slept.

It was not long before they were reduced to a coma of hunger.