Tosca whimpered for her mother. Aniu gently licked Tosca's body. Tosca was suddenly pushed aside by another body. Tosca opened her eyes to see one of her siblings taking a nap. Tosca crawled towards the pup and sniffed his fur. He was bigger than Tosca. Was she the runt of the litter? Tosca heard a strange sound. Soon Aniu was running through the snow with three of her pups in her mouth. Tosca found out that Aniu was worried so she became worried too. Other wolves were running with Aniu and they seemed scared. Finally Aniu came to a safe spot to hide the pups. It was a deserted boat. Tosca heard the sound again and Aniu fell down. The pups were scared. They found good hiding places on the boat. Soon different pups came onto the boat but they were soon killed. The only surviving pups were Balto and Tosca. Tosca was hungry. She had nothing to eat for the past few days. Balto had already had something to eat. Tosca went out to hunt. She caught a rabbit and was heading back to the boat, when she came across an injured goose.

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