'Now, come here, red eyes,' said the fat man, dropping his axe and taking the club in his
right hand.
Buck jumped at the man, sixty kilos of anger, his mouth wide open ready to bite the
man's neck. Just before his teeth touched the skin, the man hit him with the club. Buck fell to
the ground. It was the first time anyone had hit him with a club and he did not understand.
He stood up, and jumped again. Again the club hit him and he crashed to the ground. Ten
times he jumped at the man, and ten times the club hit him. Slowly he got to his feet, now