We knew then the jig was up, and it was no grin matter for us.

Experienced mechanics can diagnosis the condition of machinery just by listening.

Suddenly the Soda Butte animals are getting great snootfuls of scent laid down over the past month by other wolves, which apparently leaves them with a certain longing for their own quiet, unsullied digs far to the northeast...

[…] it will be far from a real breeding flock, and its productions will never bear the stamp of uniformity, which is one of the distinguishing marks of breedership.