Buck fell down by the sledge, too tired to move. Immediately, Spitz attacked him and bit
his helpless enemy twice, as hard as he could. But Francois saw this, and gave Spitz a terrible
beating for it.
'He's a wild dog, that Spitz,' said Perrault. 'One day he'll kill Buck.'
'Buck is wilder,' replied Francois. 'I've been watching him. One day he'll get very angry
and he'll fight Spitz; and he'll win.'
Francois was right. Buck wanted to be lead-dog. Spitz knew this and hated him. Buck
started to help the other dogs when Spitz punished them for being lazy. One morning, Pike
refused to get up, and Spitz looked for him everywhere. When he found him, he jumped at
him. But suddenly, Buck attacked Spitz. The other dogs saw this, and it became more and