" That was the wrong bus." " What?" "Is this the bus to Wulagai?" "That was in 1967, the second year of the Cultural Revolution." "City students were sent to the countryside." "The Great Wall." "The Great Wall, look." "I volunteered." "I was among the very first to go." "I picked Inner Mongolia, wherever that was." "It was so exciting to escape the hard life we had in Beijing during that troubled period." " Don't forget my books." " Goodbye." "See you." "Look, so beautiful." " Which is the brigade leader's yurt?" " The one with the wolf totem." "Welcome." "Hello." "We are students from Beijing." "My name is Yang Ke." "That's Chen Zhen." " Hello." " Welcome." "How are you?" " Are you the leader?" " Yes." "Alright." "My name is Bilig." "I am Bao Shungui." "I am the new head of production for your area." "I bring..." "Come, come." "These two students will stay here for two years." "You will take care of their living and give them work." "They will teach the kids to read and write mandarin." "I am going now." " Goodbye." " See you." "Goodbye." "What's inside?" "Books." "Only books." "That's my son's yurt." "Yours is over there." "This will be your home." "Here." "This is for your protection." "Protection against what?" "Mosquitoes." "Wolves." "You city boys what did you learn at school?" "Sorry, late again." "Easy, stop." "Give me." "Did you see the gazelles?" "Hard to miss them." "I wonder what they were running away from." "Do you have your club?" "I've forgotten it." " Take this one." " Okay." " Take care." " Sure." "It's okay." "Easy." "Did the awe that the Mongolian wolf inspired come from a cult deeply entrenched in man's brain since time immemorial." "My heart filled with gratitude for the secret forces that came to my rescue." "I had the feeling that I'd started to open the door on the spiritual world of the grassland people." "What happened?" "Gasma." "You alright?" ""Riding this vast, deserted land he could not stand walls, barriers or borders." "He'd never surrendered to anyone, he'd rather die than be taken prisoner"" "What means "never surrendered to anyone"." "If not free better dead." "And then?" ""His dream was to be free as the wolves." "He would only answer to Great Tengger." "His one and only Master"" "Chen Zhen, who do you answer to?" "I'm loyal to my parents, my superiors and people I respect." "I hope that includes me." "To be honest there was one instruction I did disobey." "I left the path on the way home." "My horse and I were surrounded by a pack of wolves." "But I remembered that you told me wolves were scared of the sound of steel traps." "So, I banged my stirrups." "You saved me." "You're not entirely stupid." "A'ba." "Wolves fascinate me." "I am thinking in the spring I would like to capture a cub to study it." "What?" "You want to study wolves?" "Look." "What do you think they'll do?" "What are they waiting for." "They have been waiting for this moment for months." "The desire to kill tortures them." "But they are not going to waste it because of haste." "How do you think Genghis Khan defeated the great armies of the world with so few mounted warriors?" "He learnt the art of war by studying the wolves that you have in front of you." "Wolves are smart and organized." "They work together and obey their leader's decision." "More than anything else they have patience." "Life is about choosing the moment." "Wolves and Mongols understand that." " A'ba." " Yes." "After I escaped from the wolf pack I saw something in the sky." "A smiling face." "Of course." "That was Tengger." "Do you imagine you'd still be alive without Him?" "See that?" "The gazelles are too full to run fast." "That's what wolves were waiting for." "They are on the move." "Look, they are about to attack." "Get your horse." "Let's go." " Aren't we following them?" " Too far, too dangerous." "Anyway, it will all be over when we get there." "You will see the result tomorrow." "You see, the problem for us, Mongols, is that our history wasn't written by us, but mostly by our enemies." "You speak Mandarin." "Maybe one day, you'll write about who we really are." "I'm a reader." "Not a writer." "There's a difference." "How do you know?" "Have you ever tried?" "Look at our son, now a real man." "You understand what the wolves have done." "A great Mongol general did exactly the same thing a few centuries ago." "Mugali drove the cavalry of the great Jin Dynasty into this snowdrift." "They're probably still buried there." "Welcome to wolves' fridge." "They store their meat here to next spring for their newborn." "Take your carpet if you don't want to be changed into wolf food." "Be careful." "Are you alright?" "Here is one." "Pull hard, son." " Pull it hard, my son." " Pull it hard." "Bayard fished one." "I got one." " A'ba, this one is still alive." " Let it go." "If it gets stuck again it will be the will of Tengger." "These gazelles are such pitiful creatures." "Wolves are evil, killing the innocent oblivious to the value of life." "No, gazelles are the cruel ones." "They eat all the grass." "Out here, the grass is life, the Big Life." "All else is little life, that depends on the Big life for survival." "If gazelles are so horrible, why do you rescue and free them?" "This time the wolves killed too many." "We have to keep enough gazelles for them to eat next year." "If not, they will attack our sheep." "To the Venerable Tribal Leader." "When will you marry a Mongol girl and father a Mongol brat." " Then you'll be one of us." " Especially our beauty Gasma." " She howls at night." " What are you talking about?" "Be quite, be quite." "She is the wolf, and you are the sheep." "She sticks her teeth in your neck." "Shut up!" "You will pay for that." "You always say bullshit." "Dare you say that again." "I am gonna teach you a lesson." " You have to blame yourself." " You deserve it." "You such a bad guy." "Dare you say that again." " You deserve that." " Help." "A present for you." "Here you are." "This is Yill, it is my dog." "Yill, you stole my meat." "What's up?" "Shartseren." "Let's go." "Let's stay." "We can take more gazelles tomorrow." "We have enough." "What's left is the wolves' share." "Tengger is telling us to leave." "We have more than enough for ourselves." "You'd never see this much meat in the east." "Have you heard of the famine there?" "So where's this big snow lake of yours?" "There's no such place." " 120 yuan." " Yes." " I don't have enough money." " How much you've got?" "Eighty." "Bring us more gazelles, then, and you can pay for it." "To the grassland." "It is forbidden to say." "Hurry, dad is waiting us for dinner." "Thank you." "Hurry." "Load them all." "Pack them fast." "Let's get out of here." "Hurry up!" "One, two, three." " Looks like you've settled right here." " We like it here." "Don't get too comfortable." "You're here to pass on your knowledge and change these primitives." "Your Brigade has been chosen to look after those horses." "It's an immense honor." "It shows how much the Superior Level put its trust in you." "These horses are the cream of the People's Liberation Army's stables." "They are a national treasure." "Brigade leader, who do you think could look after these horses?" "Batu, my son, will be in charge." "He is our best herder." "Shartseren will assist him." "Thank you." "Great." "I received this directive to rid the wolves's lairs of their cubs." "I know it is your custom." "You do it every spring, don't you?" "The wolves' meat storage has been looted." "They're already hungry." "That's not my problem." "Killing the pups will make them vengeful." "They will hit back, and hard." "Killing the cubs will reduce their numbers." "Less wolves will mean more ground squirrels and rabbits which destroy the pastures." "That's an order." "Shout if you see a lived one." "This one is abandoned." "No puppy inside." "Over here." "Here is a cub." "Be careful." " So cute." " Here you are." " Bayar, look." " There is another one." "Don't kill it." "The wolf puppy belongs to Tengger." "Tengger is calling him." "We are helping him on his way." "It's alright." "Don't cry my son." "His soul will live forever." "He will never die." "Tengger, this newborn is Yours." "Tengger, please accept his soul." "I love coming here." "Sixty centuries of history under our feet." "Incredible." "What a madness." "I still don't understand." "Why did we build that Great Walls in the first place?" "For thousand years millions of Han Chinese were frightened by a handful of unlettered Mongols." "They ride horses." "We go on foot." "They grow on meat, we grow on rice." "Herdsmen versus farmers, wolves versus sheep." "A wolf." "She dropped the lamb to run faster." "Where has it gone?" "Over there." "For sure it's a female that protect her litter." "Right." " Come out." " I've got an idea." "Where did you get these?" "We'll smoke her out." "There is another exit." "Bravo Yill, good dog." "They are very lovely." "Want one?" "But that little female, I'll keep for myself." "Jealous of your friend?" "I am just thinking that she-wolf fooled us." "She hided her babies." "They often do this." "They lead us to an old lair but hide their babies elsewhere." "It's not the right place." "We have to look somewhere else." "No." "She runs away this way." "Hey, hey." "What did I tell you?" " Here she comes." " Where?" "Look, she has black legs." "That's the one." "Come." "Look." "See that." "Food scraps." "See that?" " And cub droppings." " Don't touch it." "Taste it." " They are inside." " Quiet." "I am going to get it." "Take this." " What?" " Leave me alone." "Not without dogs." "The male may be inside." "You moron, the male never stays with the cubs." "Let's come back tomorrow." "Chen Zhen." "I have to do it right now while the she wolf is hunting." "Tie up my foot." "Later, pull me out." "Give me the flashlight." "Quick, the crowbar." "Chen Zhen, don't go further." "If the hole collapses, even I can't save you." "Chen Zhen, don't go further." "Chen Zhen." "Are you OK?" " Come out." " It's OK." "Chen Zhen, can you hear me?" "Chen Zhen." "Pull me out." "OK!" "Let me pull you out." "Quickly." "Pull me out." "I got them." "Be quick, pull me out." "You're insane." "Look, you see, so adorable." " I told you that they were here." " It's so cute." "Hi, chaps." "How are you?" "Everyone says you city guys can't catch cubs." "But you did great." "You want to sell them to me?" "No, no, no." "Show me." "Excellent fur." "It's cute, isn't it?" "Bravo." "It will sell well to make stoles for foreign ladies." "May your soul fly to Tengger." "Give me the other ones." "Give me." "Hand me the bag." " May your soul fly to Tengger." " Lamjav, no." "Chen Zhen." "It's for their salvation." "Tengger will grant them eternal life." "You sure you don't want to sell them to me?" "No." "Our brigade need them to reach our quotas." "Too bad." "Never mind." "Be careful when you skin them." "Don't rip the pelt or it'll be worthless." "Why didn't you stop him?" "Stop him?" "Then we'd have had to kill them ourselves." "Chen Zhen, what are you doing?" "Chen Zhen, the rope." "Chen Zhen, are you insane?" "How can I pull you out if you don't have the rope." "I've had enough." "Stroke her, keep stroking her." "Don't let her see the cub." "Or she will kill it." "Good." "Good Yill." "Good." "Will it work?" "How could you know if you don't even try." "Your babies are hungry." "Good Yill." "Yill, don't move." "Good Yill." "Good wolf." "Nurse your babies." "Yill, you are the best." "Look at him." "A real bandit." "Do you think this is right?" "To raise a wolf in a shepherd's village?" "You should have thought about that before we brought the wolf back." "Me?" "As though this whole mess was all my idea." "OK, my idea." "My idea, alright?" "It is too much of a risk to keep it here." "Then what do you suggest?" "We should do what the Mongols do." "Kill it and be done." "Good night, public enemy." "Anticipated gale force winds coming from Siberia have moved down to the south." "This cold front will bring moderate gale and heavy snowfalls in the border area." "Shartseren, the day shift need help." "OK." "Hold it tight." "The white hair blizzard is coming." "Go fast to the army horse pasture." "Don't let anything go wrong." "Give me two winter coats for the day shift." "Come here, kid." "Be a good boy." " Yes, dad." " Be careful." "Got it." "I'm going." "Anyone there?" "Shartseren, where are you?" "Can anyone hear me?" "Batu!" "Shartseren!" "Is it you?" " Are Dorj and Qaokt with you?" " What?" "Aren't they with you?" "!" " You're alone?" " Yes." "Where is the day shift?" "I can't find them." "They have no rifles nor flashlights." "They might have gone back to camp." "Forget it, let's steady the horses." "My horse is out of control, fears something." " We may have wolves around." " Then we need to move fast." "Batu, let's gather the horses together to deter the wolves." "OK." "Wolves!" "Damned wolves know the lake is dead ahead." "Bastards." "Push the lead horse to the east." "Get them away from the lake." "To the left." "Wolf!" "Help!" "Somebody comes." "Chen Zhen, come out!" "Wolves come." "Hurry up." " Gasma!" " Chen Zhen, stay away." "Stand back or the wolf will bite you." "Push the sheep aside to let the dog through." "Here, Bars." "Send Bars over." "Let the dog come." "Mama, mama!" "Let me help you." "Move." "Damn it!" "Go away." "Go away." "My horse is panicking." "Batu, I can't control it." "Batu!" "You damn wolves." "Go to hell." "I'll kill you all." "Sharsteren!" "Stop them." "Stop, you dumb horses." "Don't go toward the lake." "Stop, please." "Tengger, help me." "This is a disaster." "Your brigade is to blame." "I will report your gross negligence and disrespect to the leaders." "You'll pay for this." "Each of you will take responsibility for failing to protect state property." "You especially." "Deserted your post." "You will be sent to quarantine." "Do you have anything to say?" "I lost control of my horse." "It was bitten by a wolf." "And then then I fell off..." " I think." " You're here to work, not to think!" "Take him away." "We are still missing two herders." "They probably froze to death and were eaten by wolves." "Incompetent bunch!" "Shut up!" "Forget it." "Director Bao Shungui, I must beg to differ." "Our brigade did the best they could." "Batu fought to death." "He died a hero." "A hero is someone who succeeds to keep those horses." "What kind of hero is he?" "The culprits are those who stole all their gazelles, caused the wolves to starve and took their revenge on us." "Enough!" "Let the authorities decide who the culprits are." " I'll help you." " Leave him." "He chose to get off here." "This place is suitable." "A'ba." "It's too rocky to bury him here." "Let's find another place." "Mongols don't bury their dead." "We grasslanders eat meat all our life for which we killed many creatures." "After we die, we donate our meat back to the Grassland." "I stitched it up." " Here you are." " Thank you." "Yesterday..." "You were very brave." "My man says thank you." "He told me last night in my dream." "Gasma." "Thanks for your dog saving my life." "Who is this meat for?" "You were right." "I was jealous." "I took one of Yill's puppies." "Add millet in it." "Wolf mothers chew meat and bones for their babies." "We use porridge with meat and milk in it to feed little dogs." "The authorities has completed its investigation on the army horses disaster." "All charges are dropped." "The authorities regret the heavy losses your brigade suffered." "Batu's work points will be transferred to his widow." "As head of production I entrust Bilig with taking over Batu's duties." "But I won't tolerate any more mistakes." "All charges against Batu's assistant Shartseren are dropped as well." "Set him free." "Chen Zhen, do it now." "What?" " Free your wolf cub." " I can't free him right now." "He has the smell of man now." "The pack may kill him." "Chen Zhen." "What's this?" "Open it." "A wolf cub." "Chen Zhen." "What's this?" "I confess..." "I'm raising it." "This is just an experiment." "Chairman Mao says:" "Study your enemy to defeat him." "So I thought we should observe wolves more closely." "I say No." "We could protect our herds by mating him with our dogs." "That can't work." "At university I taught the improvement of species." " That is my goal." " Bullshit." "Chen Zhen, your idea is good." "You have my approval." "Director Bao, the wolves are all over the place." "They heard the cub and will come for it." "Good!" "Let them come." "Your wolf cub will lure them." "Did you hear me?" "Leave it alone." "Get back." "Go away." "This is madness." " Lamjav, take him away." " OK." " Back." " Hurry, go back." " Hurry up." " Got it." "Brothers, this is Tengger's will." "Wolves won't come tonight." "Brothers, let's go." "Let's go." "The little wolf doesn't speak the pack's language." "They won't attack for a puppy they are not sure about." "Bayar, come here." "Are you mad?" "Let's go." "A'ba." "Please forgive me." "You captured a god to turn it into a slave." "What you are doing is an affront to our ancestors and to Tengger." "You will pay one day." "And so will this old man." "A'ba." "Don't call me that." "I was wrong." "You're right." "I offended you and the Mongols." "Tell me how do you want me to dispose of this poor little wolf." "Look." "That's the border." "This is the last piece of Chinese grassland that has not been plowed, the last untouched lake." "As soon as lambs are strong enough to make the trip we will set our summer camp out here." "You say I treat my wolf as a slave." "In fact, it is I who am his servant." "I wait on him like I would a Mongol Prince." "I give him my ration of meat." "I can't sleep well at night." "I worry about him being cold, or sick or bitten by dogs, or carried away by an eagle." "Yang Ke says I am the wolf's slave." "Wolves want the dignity to earn their own meat." "They don't want to be fed." "They want to kill at the risk of being killed." "They are warriors." "What sort of warrior will he be if you take his pride away, if you forbid him to kill, if you teach him to fear death?" "!" "A'ba." "I think here is a very good place for the wolf cub to live." "Give me a few weeks to grow him stronger." "When we come here I will set him free." "I promise." "As the old saying goes:" ""it's easier to climb on the tiger's back than to get off it"." " What's going on?" " Just a second." "What are you doing?" "I'm getting angry." "You can't stay here, you know." "Dogs and eagles would eat you." "Understand?" "Don't you understand?" "Don't be silly." "You are smart." "We are going to a great new place." "You'll be happy there." "Come on." "You have no choice." "I'm angry with you now." "Hurry up." "Go." "Let's go." "Stop." "Stop the carts." "What's going on?" "Let him go, for God's sake." "Once and for all." "How can he survive if I let him go?" "He can't hunt." "What will he eat?" "Will the wolves accept him?" "I have to take care of him." "What are you doing?" "Are you crazy?" "We need dry dung for the journey." " How are we going to cook." " I'll take care of it." "I'll pick up more on the way." "Pick up more?" "What if it rains?" "What are you thinking?" "Let him go." "I've had enough." "This is my wolf, not your wolf." "I am the one who loves him." "You don't understand." "Go away." "Go away." "How long didn't you eat meat?" "I don't need to eat meat." "Is he sick?" "He is punishing me." "Yang Ke." "Look." "Behind this mountain it is the Swan Lake." "This is the place I told you about that looks like heaven." "Look at the swans." "There, do you see it?" "Here come the nomads." "Welcome." "I didn't think you would come here, too." "Did you see?" "These people will be your new neighbors." "Just like me, they're Mongols from the east." "Very experienced in farming and agriculture." "They come here because they've ruined their own land." "Our soil is too thin." "It's not suited for plowing." "Old Bilig, there are people starving down east." "They have no choice, but making use of lands like this one." "Look, we'll build a school here, a dispensary there." "We will use traps and poison to eradicate all toxic plants." "Pests, mosquitoes, rats, and wolves of course." "Stop shooting." " Let's find somewhere else." " Director!" "Director." "The swans are so beautiful." "Stop the shooting, I beg you." "Have you seen Swan Lake?" "What are you doing?" "Want to run away?" "Don't tell me this one was killed by an eagle too." "No?" "By lightning, perhaps?" "Do you know what our parents would do for a piece of meat like that in Beijing?" "Little wolf, time to eat." "Time to eat." "Grow up quickly." "You have to become stronger." "Stronger than foxes, eagles, and wide wolves." "Got it?" "Watch out." "See that?" "Wolf trap." "Remember it when you're free." "Get it?" "Don't be afraid." "You know you have to learn how to swim." "You are a real wolf." "Bravo!" "In the grassland, the mosquito season came." "As Bilig A'ba predicted mosquitoes that survived the winter in marmot holes invaded the grassland" "in larger numbers than ever." "Cattle withered." "Unable to hunt, starving and scraggy, wolves moved closer to populated areas." "They preyed on cattle." "The new settlers retaliated." "Where are you going?" "Where are you taking me?" "What's that?" "What's that smell that makes you so happy?" "Slowly." "What's up with you?" "Come back." "I said come back, did you hear me?" "Back." "Come back." "You monster!" "How dare you bite me?" "Sorry, I am wrong." "You are a real Mongolian wolf." "I am proud of you." "What happened?" "Nothing." "Your wolf did it?" "You are mad." "It's ok." "Just a scratch." "I told you they have poison in their teeth." "They don't." "That's just superstition." "You don't get it." "How do you think Wuli lost his leg, or Bayin his arm?" "It's like a snake's bite." "Your arm will fester and they will cut it off." "Without a injection, you will die." "I don't need your help." " Where can I get an injection?" " At the hospital." "But... all those new settlers are using everything up." "Maybe there is nothing left." "It will hurt a bit." "You have to be careful." "Does Batu still come in your dream?" "Sometimes." "Is he happier now?" "No." "What does he want?" "None of your business." "I know one thing." "He wants you to remarry." "Nothing strange about that." " His son needs a father." " His woman needs a man." "She doesn't." "She's too busy." "He wants you to choose me." "Why would he want me to choose you?" "You are a Han student." "Because he knows I love you." "You know it as well." "Maybe you feel the same." "Gasma." "Stop it." "You won't stay." "Who said I won't stay?" "Your home is Beijing." "There is no future for the two of us." "Everybody knows how these things end." "They don't know me." "Here is my real home." "My life before was meaningless." "What can I do to make you trust me?" "There is no need." "My new man has been chosen." "By whom?" "By you?" "He is Bao shungui's brother." "Have you already met him?" "Have you?" "His wife's dead." "He is a peasant." "A Mongol from the east." "It will help national unity." "Nonsense." "If you want national unity, marry me." "It's ridiculous." "Does A'ba know?" "I am going to ask A'ba." "He gave his approval." "He said we should keep up with the times." "Lock them in the sheep pen and we can go home." "Lock the sheep." "Seal the door, there are wolves outside." "Little wolf, little wolf, time to eat." "Eat the bowl while you're at it." "Bayar." "I am off to my shift." "Could you look after the little wolf?" "Make sure that no one bothers him, ok?" "See you later." "Hurry up." " I want to see the wolf." " No, you can't." "Let me go inside, I will give you two candies." "Here you are." " What means?" " Well?" " Can't open it." " You can't touch it, ok?" "Let's go inside." "Do you understand?" "Let me go first." "Leave him alone." "Don't pull the chain." "He will bite you." "Stay away." "There may be either bomb or poison." "Yang Ke." " Why is he here so early?" " How can I know" " I am here!" " What are you doing?" "Just had a nap." "I am coming." "Stay here." "I will deal with him." "Anyone there?" " Your mother." " No, it's not." "Hide yourself anyway." "Crawl." "Crawl." "Yang Ke, where is my belt?" "Bayar has been bitten." " By what?" " Your stupid friend's wolf." "Hurry up!" "Come with me." "Hurry up!" "We can't sew up his wounds." "Better to leave them open." "I gave you the last shot of penicillin and rabies vaccine we had." "Without it, it's going to be touch and go." "You can wait here." "I am sorry." "Get out." "Out!" "If anything bad happens to my son" "I will kill your wolf, then kill myself." "Nurse, is the doctor here?" "Sit and wait." "It's urgent." "For the others too." "Just wait." "Doctor!" "Doctor!" "What are you shouting for?" "Doctor!" " Stop shouting." " Are you the doctor?" "!" " Are you the doctor or not?" " Don't you see the operating room?" " Where is the doctor?" " Go sit there and wait." "I told you to go there to wait." "Whose horse is biting the tree." "Hey, your horse!" "Go look after your horse." "What are you doing?" "Wait your turn." " I need penicillin." "Penicillin." " What penicillin?" "I don't have Penicillin." "Don't go in there." " Why do you need penicillin?" " A child has been bitten by a wolf." "The doctor in the county-town said that without Penicillin the wounds will get infected and he will die." "I rode for twenty hours to get here." "Do you have Penicillin here?" "Well..." " Where is the Penicillin?" " Stop that." "You won't find Penicillin here." "Alright." "Wolf teeth, wolf claws, and... wolf heart, wolf kidney." "Can you get me those things." "Then we could make a deal." " I just want Penicillin." " Then it's a deal." "Give me Penicillin." "Wolves are attacking the sheep pen." "Let's go kill the wolves." "Chen Zhen." "Come out." "Chen Zhen, come out." "Is it the right place?" "Anyone there?" "Come out." "What are you doing?" "Come out." "What is going on here?" "Come out." "Where is your wolf-loving friend?" "He is not here, he went to town." "That was five days ago." " Why's he not back?" " I don't know." "There was an emergency." "It is your wolf cub who called the flying wolves to attack." "What's flying wolf?" "Wolves don't fly." "They do." "My grandpa saw it with his own eyes." "That's right." "It's not here." "Tell me the truth." "Where did you hide the wolf cub?" "He's on his chain." "You damn wolf." "Get away from it!" "Drop the chain." "Move, move your ass." "Don't beat it." "Beat the wolf!" "Beat the wolf." "Stop." "What is going on here?" "I'll kill you." "What's all this?" "Let it go." "Wolves massacred our sheep." "Idiots." "It's the wild wolves that are your problem." "And I am here with the solution." " Are you alright?" " Where is Bilig?" "He is not well, he's been injured." "A'ba." "Tell me... what happened to you?" "Chen Zhen." "It's important to keep one's appointment." "I have heard Tengger a lot recently." "He's calling me." "Don't be silly." "We are going to hunt wolves." "Revenge for you." "Your wounds will be recovered soon." "Chen Zhen." "I have to talk to you." "You are the wolf expert now." "Follow me." "Let's go." "It is OK." "Don't be afraid." "The bad guys are gone, promised." "They won't bother you anymore." "I'll be right back." "Get in." "The grass is too tall here." "Why did you bring us here?" "Go north, that way." "Did you do it on purpose to stop us finding the wolves?" "Most of them have already been killed." "Our jeeps make too much noise anyway." " Maybe we should..." " Look." "On the hillside to the left!" "Two wolves, over there." "Stay parallel." "Ready." "Fire." "Two down." "It is just a start." "Let's go." "Go fast!" "Go!" "There!" "Take the pack down slope." "This is an old couple." "They won't go far." "The wolf jumped." "What the..." "Their fur is worthless." "Better die than get skinned." "Mom, is it healing." "It's alright, it's fine." "Mom, then why are you crying?" "Bring the jerry can." "Bartel, come." "Block their escape to the west." "This way." " Don't let them escape." " Go!" "Spill the fuel." "Stop." "Fire is forbidden in the steppe." "So are wolves." "The nomads will hate you." "They hate me anyway." "Even more so since I helped you to keep your wolf." "Being a leader is not about being liked." "Sometimes, you have to obey orders that your heart resents." "Save your bullet." "Their fur is worthless anyway." "The pack leader." "Don't shoot." "We need his fur intact, without holes." "Try to exhaust it." "I need it alive, don't be rush." "Go faster." "No shooting." " How long has it been running?" " About 38 kilometers." "It will be done soon." "Now what?" "Chen Zhen." "Chen Zhen." "Come back." "Have you lost your mind?" "Come back." "You spared my life a year ago." "Go away." "Quickly." "They can't follow you in those rocks." "Go away." "Leave it here." "He belongs to Tengger." "Do what he says." "I fed your wolf." "His appetite is good." " How is Bayar?" " Fine." "But A' ba is not good." "The wolves are all dead." "Sorry." "Not all of them." "Yours is still alive." "I promised A'ba I'd set the cub free." "The hunt is over." "It's the best time of the year." "He'll be safe in the Northern range mountains." "I have to do it." "Because I love him." "But I lack courage." "Little wolf." "Little wolf, time to eat." "I'm sorry, I'm late today." "Little wolf." "Where's little wolf?" "I returned him to the grassland." " You killed him?" " I should have." "But I couldn't." "I freed it." "You had no right." "He is my wolf." "He is Tengger's wolf." "I owned Him a life." "Two actually." "Bayar is saved then." "Almost healed, it's a miracle." "It's the power of modern medicine, it's the future." "You Han people..." "With Bilig's death it was the grassland I knew and I loved that was dying." "Time had come for me to become again the young city man I'd never ceased to be." "Little wolf." "The memory of the little wolf haunted Chen Zhen forever." "He devoted his life to write a book in the hope that the wolves' long-songs will be once again over the restored splendor of Mongolia's grassland."