What was it that robbed him of his courage, but the knowledge
that he was in the wrong?

Continuing with his host Rolf said, "Do you think they have any
idea that it is wrong to steal?"

"Yes, so long as it is one of their own tribe. A fox will take
all he can get from a bird or a rabbit or a woodchuck, but he
won't go far on the hunting grounds of another fox. He won't go
into another fox's den or touch one of its young ones, and if he
finds a cache of food with another fox's mark on it, he won't
touch it unless he is near dead of hunger."

"How do you mean they cache food and how do they mark it?"

"Generally they bury it under the leaves and soft earth, and the
only mark is to leave their body scent. But that is strong
enough, and every fox knows it."

"Do wolves make food caches?"

"Yes, wolves, cougars, weasels, squirrels, bluejays, crows, owls,
mice, all do, and all have their own way of marking a place."

"Suppose a fox finds a wolf cache, will he steal from it?"

"Yes, always. There is no law between fox and wolf. They are
always at war with each other. There is law only between fox and
fox, or wolf and wolf."