Then I went on into the forest and howled like a wolf.

They knew my voice, the ghost-wolves, and howled in answer from far and near.

Then I heard the pattering of their feet, and they came round me by tens and by twenties, and fawned upon me.

I counted their number; they numbered three hundred and sixty and three.
"Afterwards, I went on to the cave, and I have lived there in the cave, Umslopogaas, for nigh upon twelve moons, and I have become a wolf-man.
For with the wolves I hunt and raven, and they know me, and what I bid them that they do.

Stay, Umslopogaas, now you are strong again, and, if your courage does not fail you, you shall see this very night.