Ying and Lan Lan were not expecting to meet dholes so soon
after they got to the desert.
Dholes, a kind of wild dog, were the creatures the herders most
feared. They were especially adept at disemboweling cattle and
would even do the same sometimes on camels. That was quite a feat,
because the dhole had to jump high enough to sink its teeth into the
camels' gut. If it didn' t succeed, the camel would raise one back leg
and like...