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1、牛津书虫系列 - 野性的呼唤 - 英文版1To the northBuck did not read the newspapersHe did not know that trouble was coming for everybig dog in California Men had found goldin the Yukon， and these men wanted，big strong dogs to work in the cold and snow ofthe northBuck lived in Mr Millers big housein the sunny Santa Cl
2、ara valley Therewere large gardensand fields of fruit treesaroundthehouse， and a river nearby In a big placelike this，of course， there were many dogsThere were house dogs and farm，dogsbutthey were not importantBuck was chief dog；he was born here， and this was his place He was four years old and weig
3、hed sixty kilos He went swimmingwith Mr Millers sons， and walking with his daughtersHe carried the grandchildren on his back， and he sat at Mr Millers feet in front of the fire in winterBut this was 1897， and Buck did not know that men and dogs were hurrying to north-west Canada to look for goldAnd
4、he did not know that Manuel， one of Mr Millers gardeners， needed money for his large family One day，when Mr Miller wasout， Manuel and Buck left the garden togetherIt was just an eveningwalk，Buck thoughtNo one saw them ，go and only one man saw them arrive at the railway stationThis man talked to Manu
5、el， and gave him some moneyThen he tied a piece of rope around Bucks neckBuck growled， and was surprised when the ropewas pulled hard aroundhis neckHejumped at the manThe man caught him and suddenlyBuck was on his back with his tongue out of his mouth For a fewmomentshe was unableto move， and itwas
6、easy for the two men to put him into the trainWhen Buck woke up， the train was still moving The man was sitting and watching him， but Buck was too quick for him and he bit the mans hand hardThen the rope was pulled again and Buck had to let goThat evening， the man took Buck to theback room of a bar
7、in San FranciscoThe barman looked at the mans hand and trousers covered in bloodHow much are they paying you ？forthishe askedI only get fifty dollarsAndthe man who stole himhow much did he get？ asked the barmanA hundred He wouldnt take lessThatmakesa hundredand fifty Its a good price for a dog like
8、himHere， help me to get him into thisThey took off Bucks rope and pushedhim into a wooden box He spent the night in the box in the back roomof the bar Hisneckstill achedwith pain from the rope， and he could not understandwhat it all meant What did they want with him，thesestrangemen？ And where was Mr
9、Miller？The next day Buck was carried in the box to the railway station and put on a trainto the northFor two days and nights the train travelled north， and for two days and nights Buckneitherate nor drank Men on the train laughedat him and pushedsticks at him through the holes in the boxFor two days
10、 and nights Buck got angrier and hungrier and thirsti-er His eyes grew red and he bit anything that movedIn Seattle four men took Buck to a small，highwalled back garden， where a fatman in an old red coat was waitingBuck was now very angry indeedand hejumped and bit at the sides of his boxThe fat man
11、 smiled and went to get an axe and aclubAre you going to take him out？nowasked one of the men Of course， answered the fat man， and he beganto break the box with his axeImmediatelythe four other men climbedup onto the wall to watch from a safe placeAs the fat man hit the box with his axe， Buck jumped
12、at the sides， growling and biting， pulling with his teeth at the piecesof broken wood After a few minutes there was a hole big enoughfor Buck to get out Now， come here， red eyes， said the fat man， dropping his axe and taking the club in his right handBuck jumpedat the man， sixty kilos of anger， his
13、mouth wide open ready to bite the mans neck Just before his teeth touched the skin， the man hit him with theclub Buck fell to the ground It was the first time anyonehad hit him with a club and he did not understandHe stood up， and jumped again Again the club hit him and he crashed to the groundTen t
14、imes he jumped at the man， and ten times the clubhit him Slowly he got to his feet， now only just able to standThere was blood on his nose and mouth and earsThen the fat man walked up and hit him again， very hard， on the nose The pain was terrible Again， Buck jumped at the man and again he was hit to the groundA last time he jumped， and this time， when the man knockedhim down， Buck did not
