The winter is bad and Karana stays in her house most of the time making snares from branches. She has seen a young dog in the pack that looks like Rontu and she is sure he is Rontu's son. She intends to catch him in the spring. The dogs come to the headland often now once Rontu is gone and she catches many dogs but not the one she wants and she sets them all free. They eventually learn to stay away from the fish bait and all she catches now is a fox, which bites Karana when she lets her out of the trap. The fox is soon tame and joins Karana's happy yard.
Karana knows she cannot catch the dog with the snare and begins to poison the spring water with ground.....
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