As I awake in the morning, the grass below me is very damp and reeks of urine. My pup is sucking milk from my breast. As I caress her small body, she wiggles her tail with happiness. I look across the pathway, and the black dog with blue eyes is staring at me with fear. He knows very well that I am very protective of the last pup I've got. My master took the other four pups that I gave birth to. Every day I wonder if I'll ever see their small, fragile bodies again. Just the thought of my pups missing makes me act very fierce to my master. But it's funny how every time I see him coming, I bark with joy because he only comes to feed us, bed us or run us. Whenever he lets me run, I just drag sometimes because he has taken something very valuable from me. When he gets mad at me, I snarl at him, but his demanding roar scares me, leaving me defenseless against him. Once when I was running with the team I just stopped. My master put me in the sled, and when we got back to base, he never fed me. Ever since then, I've tried to keep up with the team. He leaves me with no choice at all.

As I lie there, thinking of my taken pups, the only one left started going over to the corner to urinate. I grabbed the pup with my mouth and put it in front of the door. Now it would learn to take a dump outside. Just as I dropped her down, my master showed up. I jumped out of the house, barking with eagerness to see what he had come for. He fed us fish and broth. Believe me, nothing tastes as rich and fine as king salmon. After my meal, I went inside to play with my pup. She had every one of my own characteristics: light brown hair, black circles on the eyes and very soft thick hair. Having this small token of life gives me strength to run. It also gives me something to look forward to, after a long, hard run.

That evening as my master was changing the grass, I growled so loud that he dodged a few feet away. Then he roared back at me even louder, leaving me again feeling very defenseless. But I held my pup in a small pouch of grass, protecting her from the master. When he walked away, I brought my pup inside the house. Before I fell asleep, I howled a small tune that means, "Sleep well, but keep aware of the dangers."