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Okay, so that didn't work. Little Elwood just bawled louder, and big Elwood wanted to close his eyes and clamp his paws over his ears. Maybe it hadn't been such a good idea for Finley to take a trip yet -- Eljay obviously wasn't ready for it. He felt a flash of misdirected irritation. It was easier to blame her than it was to be accountable for the situation -- a situation that he didn't know how to handle.

Finally, he reached out and gathered Eljay into a wolfish embrace. He pulled the boy close to him, hoping to at least calm him long enough to propose that they return to the den. He certainly wasn't going to get any work done with Eljay howling and carrying on. "Shhh, she's going to come back, I promise! We just have to be patient," he said, although he was pretty positive Eljay wasn't listening to anything he was saying at this point. "Want to go home?"