her will be nice.” He said and stroked Lienna’s head.

     “No, she will fail. Well, she certainly won’t make it by herself. What if my husky goes with her?” A tall man disagreed. “Kifty, come here, girl.” He called out for his husky.

     Kifty came quickly. She was surprised to see Liennah there as well.

     “Guess what, Kifty? You are coming with me to find the sled team.” Liennah said. She was very excited.

    “Wha?! Who told ya that?” Kifty was shocked.

    “Your owner has decided so!” Liennah answered.

    “I’m not goin there.” Kifty looked scared

    “Yes you are.” Liennah laughed at Kifty.

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    “Where are you going Kifty? We are probably lost anyway.” Liennah shouted to Kifty that has wandered off.

    The two were not that far away from Nome, but already they felt as though they are lost. Both of them had letters with the same content attached to their collars. Now that they didn’t know where to go, Kifty decided to take a look around.

   “Told ya i’ was a crap idea. Where on Earth do ya think we’re headin’?” Kifty began to panic.

   “Nowhere at the moment. But, take it easy, Kifts. Think in a positive way. Right now we are making our way through the unexplored lands, searching for a sled dog team that is probably lost somewhere and needs help.”

   “What the hell is wron’ with ya, mate? You know, unlike you, I’ve been out ‘ere, and believe me – it sucks!” Kifty got stressed out with Liennah.

   “You are right. This is the first time in my life when I left Nome, but so far it is not bad at all. It’s amazing. Like those expanses that stretch out for miles…”

   “Amazing (sarcastically)! Wow! I’ll see your face by the time we finish our journey. If this ever happens, of course.” Kifty walked off.

    “Hey! Where are you going without me? And please don’t start this thing again. Course we make our journey.” Liennah ran after Kifty. It started snowing.

    Kifty stopped when she saw a lone tree. Liennah stopped running as well.

    “You see that tree?” Kifty asked Liennah.

    She nodded.

    “I’m gonna go left, and you go right. If ya see somethin’ or if ya get lost, then come back to that tree and wait for me there. I’m gonna do the same thin’.” Kifty explained.

    Liennah nodded again. She did what Kifty told her – went to explore what’s on the right. The snowfall was becoming stronger and stronger and soon Liennah was finding it hard to see the objects in the distance. Very soon she got lost as well.

     “Kifty, there isn’t anything here!” She shouted but there came no reply. “Kifty?!” She shouted again. No answer. “Hello! Please answer me!” Liennah started getting desperate.

     Now that Liennah was let by herself, life outside Nome started to look like Kifty described it earlier.

 

    <Balto> she thought <what did he do when he was looking for the sled dogs? He was lost, but he decided not to give up. After searching with no result for a while, Balto succeeded. He finally found what he was looking for. Eight sled dogs, covered in snow got lost. They were sitting on the ground hoping for the best.>

 

    Liennah reached the top of a small mountain. She wanted to get a better view of the environs. She looked down at the snowy fields and saw nothing. Liennah began to lose hope. Before going back down, Liennah took another look around and saw far in the distance five small dots that were very close to a big dot.

    <I better check it out> she thought.

    When Liennah got quite close to what she saw from the top of the mountain, the object she saw was looking more like five dogs and a sled.

    <Sled team> She smiled.

 

    The dogs weren’t happy to see Liennah.

    “Look. It’s Liennah! What is she doing here?” Someone said.

    “Hey guys!” Liennah shouted gladly. “I am so glad that I found you. So, you are lost, right?” She asked.

    “No, we are just waiting for the musher.” Tiddo answered. “But what are you doing here? Did you think that we are lost and went out to find us?”

    “Actually, no. I am here to pass on some information to your musher.”  Liennah smirked.

    “What is it, then?” Tiddo asked.

    “The letter that is pinned to my collar tells that you guys can come back home, because yesterday the ship with provisions arrived to Nome, so there is no need on going to another town. Where is the musher, by the way?”

    “He left us about a quarter of an hour ago to look for a village or something. We’re lost.” A dog from the sled team said.

    “Shut up, Snosh.” Tiddo barked at the dog. “We’re not really lost. The musher just lost his confidence, that’s it. In fact, forget about that letter, Liennah. ‘Turning back’ is didn’t leave Nome to come back on the next day.” At the end, Tiddo even growled at Liennah.

    “Are you seeking for fame?” She asked Tiddo.

    “In a way, yeah!”

    “Well, even if you will continue your journey, by the time you return to Nome you will earn a reputation of a stubborn idiot.” Liennah explained.

    “I see you’re planning to tell everybody that I refused to listen to you?”

    “I will have to, because I didn’t make this journey to be rejected.” Liennah said firmly.

    “Look, Liennah. You’re pretty and stuff, but no one will listen to you. In fact, forget about your idea, because I don’t want to hurt you.”

    “Whatever you say, Tidd.” Liennah replied quietly.

     Then Tiddo left the team and attacked Liennah. She managed to step away. Tidd was standing by the edge of a cliff.

    “I’m just trying to help.” Liennah exclaimed to everybody.

    “No one needs your help.” Tidd answered and took a step back to attack Liennah again. When he was doing that, his back leg slipped and Tidd fell down into the gorge.

   

     <Balto was going through the same thing> Liennah thought. <The original team leader didn’t want to accept Balto, so he tried to kill him. He probably fell down as well after Balto overcame him. But then the sled team leader got up and tried to revenge on Balto.>

  

    But Tidd didn’t get up. His eyes were wide open and his head was bleeding. Liennah turned around and looked at the sled team in horror.

    “You killed Tidd.” Someone shouted out at Liennah.

    “Who’s gonna be our leader now?” Someone else asked.

    “Erm…well, I’ll try.” Liennah said.

    “You are NOT a sled dog, though!” Another dog said.

    “Just let me try.” Liennah said.

    Soon the musher came back. He obviously didn’t find anything. Liennah ran up to him with a letter. The musher read it.

     “We’re going home, dogs!” He announced. “So I guess Tidd ran away. Oh well, she can be the first one now.” The musher pointed at Liennah.

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    Liennah now was the new sled team leader. She always thought as though she should be a sled dog. But then the moments of glory went away, as the sled team got lost. Even the musher didn’t know where to go and he kept changing the direction. Then Liennah decided to stop and think where to go. She imagined Balto.

  

    <Balto took the dogs back to Nome. Soon, he realized that they are lost. Balto was looking for some signs of direction but couldn’t see anything. Then suddenly he saw a big wolf in front of him. The wolf was trying to tell “Don’t give up”. So Balto saw a wolf, because a wolf is part of him, but what do I meant to see?>

  

    Liennah looked around, but saw nothing helpful. She began to worry. But then her eyes gazed at the horizon. Far in the sky, Liennah saw something that reminded of a sled team “running” East.

    “LIENNAH!!!” A dog behind Liennah screamed in her ear. “Stop daydreaming and get a move on!!!”

    “Aaah? Sorry, sorry, I just had to stop.” Liennah explained.

    “Well, don’t stop and keep going!” The dog shouted again.

    “At least I know where to go now.” Liennah said and pulled the sled east.

                                                 **************

 

    <Houses appeared far in the distance. Balto accelerated. The dogs were barking

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