Running at the forefront of the pack was a large grey wolf -- one of its several leaders . It was he who directed the pack 's course on the heels of the she-wolf . It was he who snarled warningly at the younger members of the pack or slashed at them with his fangs when they ambitiously tried to pass him . And it was he who increased the pace when he sighted the she-wolf , now trotting slowly across the snow .
Впереди стаи бежал большой серый волк — один из нескольких ее вождей. Именно он направил курс стаи по пятам волчицы. Именно он предупреждающе рычал на младших членов стаи или полосал их клыками, когда они амбициозно пытались пройти мимо него. И именно он ускорил шаг, когда увидел волчицу, теперь медленно бегущую по снегу.
