The law of club and tooth
buck's first day at Dyea Beach was terrible. Every hour there was some new, frightening surprise. There was no peace, no rest only continual noise and movement. And every minute there was danger, because these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They knew only the law of club and tooth.
Buck had never seen dogs fight like like wolves. In a few minutes he learnt this from watching Curly. She tried to make friends with a dog, a big one, although not as big as she was. There was no warning. The dog jumped on Curly, his teeth closed together, then he jumped away, and Curly's face was torn open from eye to mouth.
Wolves fight like this, biting and jumping away, but the fight did not finish then. Thirty or forty more dogs ran up and made a circle around the fight, watching silently. Curly tried to attack the dog who had bitten her; he bit her a second time, and jumped away. When she attacked him again, he knocked her backwards, and she fell on the ground. She never stood up again, because this was what the other dogs were waiting for. The moved in, and in a moment she was under a crowd of dogs.
It was all very sudden. Buck saw Spitz run out from the crowd with his tongue out of his mouth, laughing. Then he with an axe, and two or three other men with saw Francois dogs. Two minutes later the last of clubs jump in among the the sno dogs was chased away. But Ourly lay dead in her body torn almost to pieces. Curly's death often came back to Buck in his dreams. He understood that onee a do was down on the wasdead. He also remembered Spita laughing, and from that moment he hated him
Then Buck had another surprise. Francois put a ha on him. Buck had seen harnesses on horses, and now he was made to work like a horse, pulling Francois on a sle into the forest and returning with wood for the fire. Buck worked with Spitz and Dave. The two other dogs had worked in a harness before, and Buck learnt by watching them. He also learnt to stop and turn when Francois shouted.
Those three are very good dogs," Francois told Perrault That Buck pulls very well, and he's learning quickly
Perrault had important letters and official papers to take to Dawson City, so that afternoon he bought two more dogs, two brothers called Billee and Joe. Billee was very friendly, but Joe was the opposite. In the evening Perrault bought one more dog, an old dog with one eye. His name was Sol leks, which means The Angry One. Like Dave, he made no friends, all he wanted was to be alone.
That night Buck discovered another problem. Where as he going to sleep? Francois and Perrault were in their rent, but when he went in, they shouted angrily and threw things at him. Outside it was very cold and windy. He lay down in the snow,but he was too cold to sleep.
The law of club and tooth buck's first day at Dyea Beach was terrible. Every hour there was some new, frightening surprise. There was no peace, no rest only continual noise and movement. And every minute there was danger, because these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They knew only the law of club and tooth. Buck had never seen dogs fight like like wolves. In a few minutes he learnt this from watching Curly. She tried to make friends with a dog, a big one, although not as big as she was. There was no warning. The dog jumped on Curly, his teeth closed together, then he jumped away, and Curly's face was torn open from eye to mouth. Wolves fight like this, biting and jumping away, but the fight did not finish then. Thirty or forty more dogs ran up and made a circle around the fight, watching silently. Curly tried to attack the dog who had bitten her; he bit her a second time, and jumped away. When she attacked him again, he knocked her backwards, and she fell on the ground. She never stood up again, because this was what the other dogs were waiting for. The moved in, and in a moment she was under a crowd of dogs. It was all very sudden. Buck saw Spitz run out from the crowd with his tongue out of his mouth, laughing. Then he with an axe, and two or three other men with saw Francois dogs. Two minutes later the last of clubs jump in among the the sno dogs was chased away. But Ourly lay dead in her body torn almost to pieces. Curly's death often came back to Buck in his dreams. He understood that onee a do was down on the wasdead. He also remembered Spita laughing, and from that moment he hated him Then Buck had another surprise. Francois put a ha on him. Buck had seen harnesses on horses, and now he was made to work like a horse, pulling Francois on a sle into the forest and returning with wood for the fire. Buck worked with Spitz and Dave. The two other dogs had worked in a harness before, and Buck learnt by watching them. He also learnt to stop and turn when Francois shouted. Those three are very good dogs," Francois told Perrault That Buck pulls very well, and he's learning quickly Perrault had important letters and official papers to take to Dawson City, so that afternoon he bought two more dogs, two brothers called Billee and Joe. Billee was very friendly, but Joe was the opposite. In the evening Perrault bought one more dog, an old dog with one eye. His name was Sol leks, which means The Angry One. Like Dave, he made no friends, all he wanted was to be alone. That night Buck discovered another problem. Where as he going to sleep? Francois and Perrault were in their rent, but when he went in, they shouted angrily and threw things at him. Outside it was very cold and windy. He lay down in the snow,but he was too cold to sleep.
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