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in an ocean of snow。 Unlike lakes of water； snow lakes indicate where the drowning victims have fallen in。
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狼圖騰（英文版）3（5）
Bilgee said to Batu； “You and some of the others start shoveling snow to let the carts e up closer。” Then he led Chen Zhen and Lamjav up to the edge of the lake。 “Make sure you check for gazelle and wolf tracks before you take a step； and avoid spots with no grass。”
They rode their horses carefully down the slope。 The snow kept getting deeper； the grass less visible。 They moved down a little more。 The surface was peppered with holes about the thickness of a chop—stick tip。 A dry yellow stalk of grass stood rigidly in the middle of each hole。 Bilgee said； “Tengger gave those air holes to the wolves。 Without them； how could they detect the smell of their dead victims in snow this deep？”
Chen Zhen smiled and nodded。 The holes and grass stalks were safety signs。 A few paces farther down the slope they disappeared； but there were still gazelle and wolf tracks。 The powerful Mongol horses’ hooves broke through three inches of crusty snow and settled into deep drifts as they moved closer to the snow lake； heading toward the nearest dead gazelles。
Finally； the horses could go no farther。 The men dismounted； broke through the crusty surface； and sank into deep snow。 They struggled to stomp out a platform on which they could turn around。 A half…eaten gazelle lay at an angle in the crushed snow beside Chen Zhen’s foot。 All around it was frozen grass from the gazelle’s stomach。 The remains of thirty or forty gazelles that had been caught and eaten lay in the imme—diate area。 That was as far as the wolves had gone。
Chen Zhen gazed out at the most tragic scene he’d ever encoun—tered。 Eight or nine little gazell
