The beasts cracked the bones of kin and licked them clean.

The great beast licked her hand, and when O-aa started down toward the sea again, it walked at her side, brushing against her.

"We are both, it seems, at a loss," I remarked, standing there with the beast still licking me lov- ingly.

A beast came out of the wall and licked my foot.

The gray beast licked her chops and rumbled deep in her throat.

The gray beast licked her hand twice.

The spoor came more clearly now, and the great beast licked its lips with a black, moist tongue.

No natural beast would have licked his plate so clean.

The beast licked her rain-wet face and she stroked his damp head.

A large rough tongue rasped along his forearm as the huge beast licked him in a friendly manner.