what important lesson did white fang learn from Grey Beaver's beating?

As Three Eagles puts Kiche in a canoe to go down river, White Fang jumps in the water and begins to swim after them as Gray Beaver repeatedly calls to him. The man-animal gods are use to being obeyed and the savage beating that White Fang received from Gray Beaver drove this new lesson home.

Source(s): http://www.gradesaver.com/white-fang/study-guide/section3/