Because the wolves' mouse diet will be seen as implausible to most scientists, Mowat decides that the only way to earn credibility is to prove that a large carnivore can exist solely on mice. Since he has no other subject, Mowat must be said large carnivore. He develops different recipes to fight against the monotony of a single meat diet. His favorite recipe is for creamed mouse. There is no drop in Mowat's strength, but he does begin to crave fats. This is soon remedied, however, after Farley realizes that the wolves, unlike himself, have been eating the whole mouse. He also eats the whole mouse and finds the craving for fats soon subsides.
As his mouse diet is nearing an end, Mike returns to his cabin with a young Eskimo named Ootek. They.....
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