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Throughoutthehecoughofthesickwolf,andnowahesquawkingofthecariboucalves.Therewaslifeallaroundhim,butitwasstronglife,verymuchaliveandwell,ahesickwolfgtothesi’strailihemanwoulddiefirst.Inthem,onopeninghiseyes,hebehelditregardinghimwithawistfulandhuoodcrouched,withtailbetweenitslegs,likeamiserableandwoebegoshiveredintheingwind,andgrinneddispiritedlywhenthemaiaorethanahoarsewhisper.
Thesuly,andallmthemantotteredaowardtheshipontheshiheerfect.ItwasthebriefIndiahehighlatitudes.Itmightlastaweek.Tomorrowormighthegone.
Ihemarail.Itwasofanotherman,whodidnotwalk,butwhedhimselfonallfours.ThemanthoughtitmightbeBill,buthethoughtinadull,uedway.Hehadnocuriosity.IioiohiHewasibletopain.Stomaerveshadgohelifethatwasinhimdrovehimon.Hewasveryweary,butitrefusedtodie.Itwasbecauseitrefusedtodiethathestillatemuskegberriesandminnows,drankhishottawaryeyeonthesickwolf.
Hefollowedthetrailoftheothermanwhedhimselfalong,andsooheendofit—afewfresh-pieswherethesoggymosswasmarkedbythefoot-padsofmanywolves.Hesawasquatmoose-hidesack,matetohisown,whichhadbeentornbysharpteeth.Hepickeditup,thoughitsweightwasalmosttoomuchforhisfeeblefingers.Billhadcarriedittothelast.Ha!ha!HewouldhavethelaughonBill.Hewouldsurviveandcarryittotheshipintheshiningsea.Hismirthwashhastly,likearaven’sdthesi,howlinglugubriously.Themanceasedsuddenly.HowcouldhehavethelaughonBillifthatwereBill;ifthosebones,sopinky-whiteand,wereBill?
&urnedaway.Well,Billhaddesertedhim;buthewouldhegold,norwouldhesuckBill’sbones.Billwouldhave,though,haditbeeherwayaround,hemusedashestaggeredon.
&oapoolofwater.Stoopingoveriofminnows,hejerkedhisheadbackasthoughhehadbeenstung.Hehadcaughtsightofhisreflectedface.Sohorriblewasitthatsensibilityawokeloobeshocked.Therewerethreeminnowsinthepool,whichwastetodrain;andafterseveraliemptstocatthetiheforbore.Hewasafraid,becauseofhisgreatweakhemightfallinanddrown.Itwasforthisreasotrusthimselftotheriverastrideohemanydrift-logswhieditssand-spits.
Thatdayhedecreasedthedistaweenhimandtheshipbythreemiles;thedaybytwo—forheasBillhadcrawled;ahefifthdayfouillsevenmilesawayandhimuomakeevenamileaday.StilltheIndianSummerheldoiodfaint,turnandturnabout;ahesickwolfdwheezedathisheels.Hiskneeshadbeeatlikehisfeet,andthoughhepaddedthemwiththeshirtfromhisbackitwasaredtrackheleftbehindhimonthemossandstones.Ongback,hesawthewolfligrilyhisbleedingtrail,andhesalywhathisowbe—unless—unlesshecouldgetthewolf.Thenbeganasgrimatragedyofexistenceaslayed—asithatcrawled,asicked,twingtheirdyingcarcassesacrossthedesolationandhuher’slives.
HaditbeenaoulderedsomuaofgoihemawofthatloathsomeandallbutdeadthiohiHewasfinicky.Hismiain,andtobeperplexedbyhallus,whilehislutervalsgrewrarerandshorter.
Hewasawakenedonafaintbyawheezehisear.Theedlamelybagitsfootingandfallinginitsweakwasludicrous,buthewasnotamused.Norwasheevenafraid.Hewasto.Buthismindwasforthemomentdhelayaheshipwashanfourmilesaway.Hecouldseeitquitedistinherubbedthemistsoutofhiseyes,andhecouldseethewhitesailofasmallboatgthewateroftheshiheeveriles.Hek,andwasverytheknowledge.Hekheotcrawlhalfamile.Aolive.Itwasunreasoheshoulddieafterallhehadueaskedtoomu.And,dyiodie.Itwasstarkmadness,perhaps,butintheverygripofDeathhedefiedDeathaodie.
Heclosedhiseyesandselfwithiioeeledhimselftokeepabovethesuffoguorthatlappedlikearisihroughallthewellsofhisbeing.Itwasverylikeasea,thisdeadlylanguor,thatroseandroseanddrownedhisessbitbybit.Sometimeshewasallbutsubmerged,swimmingthroughoblivionwithafalteringstroke;andagairangealchemyofsoul,hewouldfindanothershredofwillamly.
Withoutmovementhelayonhisbadhecouldhear,slnearahewheeziputofthesickwolf’sbreath.Itdrewcloser,everclhaniime,amove.Itwasathisear.Theharshdrytoedlikesahischeek.Hishandsshotout—oratleasthewilledthemtoshootout.Thefingerswerecurvedliketalons,buttheyptyair.Swiftnessauderequirestrength,andthemanhadnotthisstrength.
&iehewolfwasterrible.Theman’spatienolessterrible.Forhalfadayhelaymotioingoffunessandwaitihatwastofeeduponhimandupoofeed.Sometimesthelanguidsearoseoverhimandhedreamedloeverthroughitall,wakinganddreamiedforthewheeziheharshcaressofthetongue.
&hearthebreath,andheslippedslowlyfromsomedreamtothefeelofthetonguealonghishaed.Thefaly;thepressureihewolfwasexertingitslaststrengthiosihefoodforwhichithadwaitedsolong.Butthemanhadwaitedlong,aedhahejahilethewledfeeblyandthehandclutchedfeebly,theotherhaacrosstoagrip.Fivemihewholeweightoftheman’sbodyofthewolf.Thehandshadnotsuffitstrengthtochokethewolf,butthefaanressedclosetothethroatofthewolfahofthemanwasfullofhair.Attheendofhalfanhourthemanwasawareofawarmtrihisthroat.Itleasant.Itwaslikemoltenleadbeiohisstomaditwasforcedbyhiswillalohemanrolledoveronhisbadslept.
1.Discussthefollowiions.
1)Whatmighthavehappeheman?Wherewashegoing?
2)Whattroubledidheenhis>
3)Whatdidheeattokeepalive?Didheliketoeatthem?
4)Whataretheman’sthoughtsoh?
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