Kodi appeared out of nowhere.

''There you are, Kodi!'' Balto said, laughing to see his youngest son back. ''Where have you been?''

''Dad, I met a friend! Her name is Dusty!'' Kodi said. ''We were racing and we stopped by her house. Then I saw you coming !''

''You got lucky, bro.'' Dingo said.

Balto thought to himself: ''Oh, well. Max's daughter managed to return home, I wonder what will happen when he sees her there...''

''Hey, dad.'' Yukon said. ''Is that Saba coming?''

''What?'' Balto asked, as he saw his daughter Saba, running with an another red husky pup.

''Hey, dad!'' Saba said, stopping by.

''Hey there, Saba.'' Balto replied.  ''How's going in the new family?''

''It's good, though I've missed you.'' Saba said, as Balto smiled.

''Hey, Saba.'' Dingo asked his sister, noticing her friend. ''Who might your friend be?''

''This is Josh.'' Saba said. ''Yesterday he moved in the town. He's from Anchorage.''

''Josh, these are my brothers, Kodi, Dingo and Yukon.'' Saba introduced her brothers to Josh.

''Nice to meet you.'' Josh said.

''Same here.'' Saba's brothers said at the same time.

''And this is my dad. His name is Balto.'' Saba continued. Then Josh looked at Balto, surprised.

''Balto?'' Josh asked. ''You're the one who saved the town some time ago, aren't you?''

''To be honest, I am.'' Balto said. ''The news spread to Anchorage, if I'm not mistaking.''

''Yes, my parents were talking about your heroism while I was still with them.'' Josh said, still surprised.

''Dad, where are Aleu and Nunivat?'' Saba asked, noticing that her sisters weren't among the brothers.

''They're at home with your mom.'' Balto said. ''They've decided to stay at home.''

''OK.'' Saba said. Then she asked Josh. ''Say, Josh, want to meet them too?''

''Sure, it's not a problem.'' Josh said, then the two headed towards Jenna's house.

''Looks like Kodi and Saba are lucky.'' Dingo said, watching his sister leaving. ''They've met their new friends.''

Suddenly, Yukon got something into mind. He said to his father: ''Dad... I've heard that the new husky family has moved into the town. May I go see them?''

''Well, Yukon, you may. But don't stay for too long!'' Balto said.

''I got it!'' Yukon said as he headed towards the alley.

Then Balto, Kodi and Dingo continued walking. Humans would stop by and they'd whisper at each other: ''Is that Balto? I can't believe that he has red pups!''

Suddenly, Dingo began sniffing the ground. Balto turned around and noticed Dingo sniffing the ground.

'What is it, Dingo?" Balto asked

"I got a scent." Dingo said. "Doesn't seem familiar, but it doesn't seem dangerous either."

"Well, why don't you follow it if it's so interesting?" Balto asked.

"OK." Dingo said, running off while following the scent.

While Balto was looking for Dingo who was running off, Balto said to Kodi: ''Come on Kodi. We better follow him in case he gets in trouble.''

Balto and Kodi were secretly following Dingo. Soon enough, they saw him walking towards the red brown husky pup, but he slipped on the ice that was below on the ground.

"Need a push?" Balto asked Dingo, who was lying on the ice.

"Oh, hey Dad." Dingo said. "I didn't know you followed me."

"Well, I was thinking you'd get in trouble and it looks like I was right." Balto said "Would you like me to give you a push?"

"Sure." Dingo agreed.

Balto pushed Dingo, giving him enough speed to slide across. But Balto pushed him a little bit too fast, causing Dingo to slide into the red brown husky pup.

Balto and Kodi were watching Dingo with the pup as they were talking for a while. Then the pup walked away, and Dingo returned to his father and brother.

''And, what happened?'' Balto asked.

''I think I got a friend, her name is Dana.'' Dingo said, still amazed by his new friend.

''That's really nice of you, Dingo.'' Balto said.

''I wonder if Yukon had any luck.'' Kodi said, then he, Balto and Dingo headed back to the street.

Just then, Yukon came.

''Hey Yukon.'' Balto said to his oldest son. ''Did you have any luck?''

''Not just one, but two at the same time!'' Yukon said excited. ''I met the gray twins with an unique looks. Their names are Yin and Yang.''

''Woah, this walk managed you to make some friends.'' Balto said smiling.

Just then, the rain started.

''Oh, great.'' Balto said. ''Come on, boys! We better get home as soon as possible!''

Balto, Kodi, Dingo and Yukon were running as fast as possible. They managed to reach the porch of the house.

''Hang in there, boys. First shrug the water off yourselves before entering the house.'' Balto said, then they shrugged the water off themselves. Then they entered the house.

''Jenna, we're back. We got wet on the way back.'' Balto apologized as they entered the house.

''It doesn't matter. Just dry yourselves at the furnace, and be quiet please. We got sleepyheads here.'' Jenna said, resting in a basket. ''And Balto, you can sleep over here. You don't have to get wet again.''

''Alright then.'' Balto said as he and his sons got near the furnace. Soon enough they dried themselves.

Balto laid under the window while Kodi, Dingo and Yukon went to the basket where their mother was.
When they got into the bed, they noticed Aleu and Nunivat sleeping, but there was an another pup next to Nunivat. The pup was golden-furred.

''Mom, who's this pup next to Nunivat?'' Kodi asked curiously while lying down.

''This is Thunderbolt.'' Jenna said.''While Nunivat was outside on a rain, he helped her in and I let him sleep over. I hope you don't mind.''

''No, not at all, mom.'' Yukon said, lying down.

''Saba was here before.'' Jenna continued. ''She had met a friend. His name is Josh.''

''We know, mom, we've seen them together before.'' Dingo said.

''And what about you? Have you met somebody?'' Jenna asked her sons.

''I met a gray husky pup. Her name is Dusty. We were racing for some fun.'' Kodi said.

''I met a red-brown husky pup. Dana is her name. I accidentally bumped into her, but she didn't mind at all.'' Dingo said.

''I met two friends. Gray husky pups twins. Both of them have unique faces. They're Yin and Yang.'' Yukon said.

''Looks like this day was really good for some new friends.'' Jenna said.

''What about Aleu?'' Yukon asked. ''Did she met someone?''

''Sadly, no.'' Jenna said. ''But I hope she will.''

Dingo said: ''Yeah...''

''Alright, good night you three.'' Jenna said, as she closed her eyes.

''Good night, mom.'' Kodi, Dingo and Yukon said at the same time, dosing off.

Chapter 12: Meaning of Wolf
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After a few days, people were interested in Balto and Jenna's pups. One by one, most of them were adopted. Kodi was the last one to be. Unfortunately for Aleu, she wasn't adopted.

Balto and Jenna refused to accept the fact that Aleu wouldn't be adopted. As the time passed, Aleu grew up with her father.

Balto felt torn apart as a father because he didn't show any care for his pups as he did to Kodi and Aleu. Kodi was a runt in the litter. Balto took the matter in his own paws and encouraged him to run with him every day. Finally, that day had come and Kodi managed to out-run his father.

Since thent, he wanted all the best for his daughter Aleu. He felt even more torn apart because of that.

As he was resting on his boat, he noticed a human heading towards the wilderness with the gun in his hands. Balto knew what could possibly happen.

''Aleu!'' Balto shouted as he secretly followed the hunter.

Meanwhile...

Aleu was playing hide-and-seek with Boris, Muk & Luk. As she was now grown up, she bore more resemblance to wolf than to dog. Then she saw a human with the gun in his hands.

''A human! Maybe he'll adopt me!'' Aleu thought happily, not knowing the hunter's intentions.

As she was running to the hunter, he pointed the gun at her and he was ready to fire.

Suddenly, Balto tackled the human and the stray bullet was fired, missing the target.

''Aleu, come with me!'' Balto told to his daughter, who was still confused about the fact that Balto attacked the hunter for her good.

''What is it, papa?'' Aleu asked curiously as they returned to the boat. ''Why'd you attacked the human? Maybe he wanted to adopt