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Matthew Groves wrote:<br />
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>>I am tempted to expound upon the correspondences<br />
>>between "Tracking Song" and _The Call of the Wild_<br />
>>(beginning with their titles), but I don't want to be<br />
>>a bore. I will say that the first chapter is<br />
>>suggestive as to the significance of Cutthroat's<br />
>>"birthmark," the last chapter as to his murderous<br />
>>nickname, and in the penultimate chapter, I think we<br />
>>find which sled is the Great Sleigh, and what it<br />
>>represents.<br />
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I'm feeling very stupid at the moment. I've read "The Call of the Wild", and<br />
even read it within the last couple of years, but at the moment its<br />
connection to "Tracking Song" entirely eludes me, even though "Tracking<br />
Song" is one of my favourite Lupine tales. Far from being bored, I should be<br />
deeply fascinated, Matthew, if you would expound upon the correspondences.<br />
<br />
Please, I should really like to hear about this!<br />
<br />
Nigel<br />
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