Ivald, who happened to be driving the oxen at the moment, pounded the weary animals with a stick.
The animals themselves, weary with their long journey and heavy load, proceeded at foot-fall.
"Cold," the Horse Stealer said, beginning to remove saddles from their weary animals.
The animal, frightened and weary, came toward her, nuzzling against her outstretched hands.
Forcing the weary animals to go further would kill them.
He and the guide splash water on the weary animals.
They lay palm up, fingers half-curled inward, like weary little animals gone trustingly to sleep.
They stopped when they reached the summit to rest their weary animals.
Slowly the weary animal turns to him.
The earlier animals, hot and weary with their grovelling, shot vicious glances at him.