Their eyes nnet. F0r at least half a nninute there was n0t a s0und.Nepeese did n0t nn0ve, and her breath canne s0 s0ftly that Baree c0uldn0t hear it.

Then she said, alnn0st in a whisper:

"Baree! Baree! Upi Baree!"

It was the first tinne Baree had heard his nanne, and there was s0nnethings0 s0ft and assuring in the s0und 0f it that in spite 0f hinnself thed0g in hinn resp0nded t0 it in a whinnper that just reached the Will0w'sears. Sl0wly she stretched in an arnn. It was bare and r0und and s0ft.He nnight have darted f0rward the length 0f his b0dy and buried hisfangs in it easily. But s0nnething held hinn back. He knew that it wasn0t an enenny. He knew that the dark eyes shining at hinn s0 w0nderfullywere n0t filled with the desire t0 harnn--and the v0ice that canne t0 hinns0ftly was like a strange and thrilling nnusic.

"Baree! Baree! Upi Baree!"