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BucklivedinMr.Miller'

sbighouseinthesunnySantaClaravalley.Therewerelargegardensandfieldsoffruittreesaroundthehouseandarivernearby.Inabigplacelikethisofcoursethereweremanydogs.Therewerehousedogsandfarmdogsbuttheywerenotimportant.Buckwaschief（首领）dog,hewasbornhereandthiswashisplace.Hewasfouryearsoldandweighedsixtykilos.HewentswimmingwithMrMiller'

ssonsandwalkingwithhisdaughters.HecarriedthegrandchildrenonhisbackandhesatatMrMiller'

sfeetinfrontofthefireinwinter．

Butthiswas1897andBuckdidnotknowthatmenanddogswerehurryingtonorth-westCanadatolookforgold．AndhedidnotknowthatManuel---oneofMrMiller'

sgardeners,neededmoneyforhislargefamily.OnedaywhenMrMillerwasoutManuelandBuckleftthegardentogether.Itwasjustaneveningwalk.Buckthought.Noonesawthemgoandonlyonemansawthemarriveattherailwaystation．ThismantalkedtoManuelandgavehimsomemoney.Thenhetied（系）apieceofrope（绳子）aroundBuck'

sneck．

Buckgrowled（咆哮）andwassurprisedwhentheropewaspulledhardaroundhisneck．Hejumpedattheman．ThemancaughthimandsuddenlyBuckwasonhisbackwithhistongue（舌头）outofhismouth.Forafewmomentshewasunabletomoveanditwaseasyforthetwomentoputhimintothetrain．

WhenBuckwokeup,thetrainwasstillmoving.ThemanwassittingandwatchinghimbutBuckwastooquickforhimandhebittheman'

shandhard．ThentheropewaspulledagainandBuckhadtoletgo（放开）.ThateveningthemantookBucktothebackroomofabarinSanFrancisco.Thebarmanlookedattheman'

shandandtrouserscoveredinblood（血）.

‘Howmucharetheypayingyouforthis？

’heasked．‘Ionlygetfiftydollars．’‘Andthemanwhostolehim—howmuchdidheget？

’askedthebarman．‘Ahundred．Hewouldn'

ttakeless．’‘Thatmakesahundredandfifty.It'

sagoodpriceforadoglikehim.Herehelpmetogethimintothis.TheytookoffBuck'

sropeandpushedhimintoawoodenbox．Hespentthenightintheboxinthebackroomofthebar．Hisneckstillachedwithpainfromtheropeandhecouldnotunderstandwhatitallmeant.Whatdidtheywantwithhim,thesestrangemen？

AndwherewasMrMiller？

ThenextdayBuckwascarriedintheboxtotherailwaystationandputonatraintothenorth.Fortwodaysandnightsthetraintravellednorth，andfortwodaysandnightsBuckneitheratenordrank．Menonthetrainlaughedathimandpushedsticksathimthroughtheholesinthebox.FortwodaysandnightsBuckgotangrierandhungrierandthirstier．Hiseyesgrewredandhebitanythingthatmoved．

InSeattlefourmentookBucktoasmall,high-walledbackgardenwhereafatmaninanoldredcoatwaswaitingBuckwasnowveryangryindeedandhejumpedandbitatthesidesofhisbox.Thefatmansmiledandwenttogetanaxeandaclub．‘Areyougoingtotakehimoutnow？

’askedoneofthemen．‘Ofcourse，’answeredthefatmanandhebegantobreaktheboxwithhisaxe（斧子）.Immediatelythefourothermenclimbedupontothewalltowatchfromasafeplace．

Asthefatmanhittheboxwithhisaxe,Buckjumpedatthesides，growlingandbiting,pullingwithhisteethatthepiecesofbrokenwood.AfterafewminutestherewasaholebigenoughforBucktogetout.‘Now，comehere,redeyes’saidthefatman,droppinghisaxeandtakingtheclub（木棍）inhisrighthand．

Buckjumpedattheman，sixtykilosofanger，hismouthwideopenreadytobitetheman'

sneck．Justbeforehisteethtouchedtheskin，themanhithimwiththeclub．Buckfelltotheground．Itwasthefirsttimeanyonehadhithimwithaclubandhedidnotunderstand．Hestoodupandjumpedagain．Againtheclubhithimandhecrashedtotheground．Tentimeshejumpedattheman，andtentimestheclubhithim．Slowlyhegottohisfeet，nowonlyjustabletostand．Therewasbloodonhisnoseandmouthandears．Thenthefatmanwalkedupandhithimagain，veryhard，onthenose．Thepainwasterrible．AgainBuckjumpedatthemanandagainhewashittotheground．Alasttimehejumpedandthistimewhenthemanknockedhimdown,Buckdidnotmove．‘Heknowshowtoteachadogalesson，’saidoneofthemenonthewall.Thenthefourmenjumpeddownandwentbacktothestation．‘HisnameisBuck，’saidthefatmantohimselfreadingtheletterthathadcomewiththebox．‘Well，Buck,myboy，’hesaidinafriendlyvoice，‘we'

vearguedalittleandIthinkthebestthingtodonowistostop．Beagooddogandwe'

llbefriends．Butifyou'

reabaddog，I'

llhavetousemyclubagain．Understand？

’

AshespokehetouchedBuck’sheadandalthoughBuckwasangryinside，hedidnotmove．Whenthemanbroughthimwaterandmeat，Buckdrankandthenatethemeat，piecebypiecefromtheman'

shand．Buckwasbeaten（heknewthat）buthewasnotbroken．Hehadlearntthatamanwithaclubwasstrongerthanhim．Everydayhesawmoredogsarrive,andeachdogwasbeatenbythefatman．Buckunderstoodthatamanwithaclubmustbeobeyed（服从）,althoughhedidnothavetobeafriend．Mencametoseethefatmanandtolookatthedogs．Some-timestheypaidmoneyandleftwithoneormoreofthedogs.OnedayashortdarkmancameandlookedatBuck．

‘That'

sagooddog！

’hecried．‘Howmuchdoyouwantforhim？

’‘Threehundreddollars．It'

sagoodprice，Perrault，’saidthefatman．Perraultsmiledandagreedthatitwasagoodprice．HeknewdogsandheknewthatBuckwasanexcellentdog．‘Oneintenthousand，’Perraultsaidtohimself．

Bucksawmoneyputintothefatman’shandandhewasnotsurprisedwhenheandanotherdogcalledCurlyweretakenawaybyPerrault.HetookthemtoashipandlaterthatdayBuckandCurlystoodandwatchedthecoastgetfurtherandfurtheraway.Theyhadseenthewarmsouthforthelasttime．

PerraulttookBuckandCurlydowntothebottomoftheship.Theretheymetanotherman,Francois.PerraultwasaFrench－CanadianbutFrancoiswashalf－Indian，tallanddark．BucklearntquicklythatPerraultandFrancoiswerefairmen，calmandhonest.Andtheykneweverythingaboutdogs．

Thereweretwootherdogsontheship．OnewasabigdogcalledSpitz，aswhiteassnow.HewasfriendlytoBuckatfirst，alwayssmiling．HewassmilingwhenhetriedtostealBuck’sfoodatthefirstmeal．FrancoiswasquickandhitSpitzbeforeBuckhadtimetomove．BuckdecidedthatthiswasfairandbegantolikeFrancoisalittle.Dave，theotherdog，wasnotfriendly.Hewantedtobealoneallthetime.Heateandsleptandwasinterestedinnothing．

OnedaywasverylikeanotherbutBucknoticedthattheweatherwasgettingcolder.Onemorning，theship'

senginesstoppedandtherewasafeelingofexcitementintheship.Francoisleashed（拴住）thedogsandtookthemoutside．AtthefirststepBuck'

sfeetwentintosomethingsoftandwhite．Hejumpedbackinsurprise．Thesoft，whitethingwasalsofallingthroughtheairanditfellontohim.Hetriedtosmellitandthencaughtsomeonhistongue.Itbitlikefireandthendisappeared.Hetriedagainandthesamethinghappened.PeoplewerewatchinghimandlaughingandBuckfeltashamed（害羞）althoughhedidnotknowwhy.Itwashisfirstsnow.

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Thelawofclubandtooth

Buck'

sfirstdayatDyeaBeachwasterrible.Everyhourtherewassomenew，frighteningsurprise.Therewasnopeace，norest—onlycontinual（持续的）noiseandmovement．Andeveryminutetherewasdanger，becausethesedogsandmenwerenottowndogsandmen．Theyknewonlythelawofclubandtooth．Buckhadneverseendogsfightlikethesedogs；

theywerelikewolves．InafewminuteshelearntthisfromwatchingCurly．Shetriedtomakefriendswithadog，abigone，althoughnotasbigasshewas.Therewasnowarning．ThedogjumpedonCurly，histeethclosedtogetherthenhejumpedawayandCurly'

sfacewastorn（tear动词原形，撕扯）openfromeyetomouth．

Wolvesfightlikethis，bitingandjumpingaway，butthefightdidnotfinishthen．Thirtyorfortymoredogsranupandmadeacircle（圆圈）aroundthefight，watchingsilently．Curlytriedtoattackthedogwhohadbittenher；

hebitherasecondtimeandjumpedaway.Whensheattackedhimagain,heknockedherbackwardsandshefellontheground．Sheneverstoodupagain，becausethiswaswhattheotherdogswerewaitingfor.Theymovedin，andinamomentshewasunderacrowdofdogs．

Itwasallverysudden.BucksawSpitzrunoutfromthecrowdwithhistongueoutofhismouth，laughing．ThenhesawFrancoiswithanaxeandtwoorthreeothermenwithclubsjumpinamongthedogs．Twominuteslaterthelastofthedogswaschased（追逐）away．ButCurlylaydeadinthesnow，herbodytornalmosttopieces．Curly'

sdeathoftencamebacktoBuckinhisdreams．Heunderstoodthatonceadogwasdownontheground,hewasdead.HealsorememberedSpitzlaughingandfromthatmomenthehatedhim．

ThenBuckhadanothersurprise.Francoisputaharness（马具）onhim．Buckhadseenharnessesonhorsesandnowhewasmadetoworklikeahorse,pullingFrancoisonasledge（雪橇）intotheforestandreturningwithwoodforthefire．BuckworkedwithSpitzandDave．Thetwootherdogshadworkedinaharnessbefore，andBucklearntbywatchingthem．HealsolearnttostopandturnwhenFrancoisshouted.‘Thosethreeareverygooddogs，’FrancoistoldPerrault．‘ThatBuckpullsverywell，andhe'

slearningquickly．’

Perraulthadimportantlettersandofficialpapers（官方文件）totaketoDawsonCity，sothatafternoonheboughttwomoredogs，twobrotherscalledBilleeandJoe．Billeewasveryfrie