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1、TheCalloftheWildTheCalloftheWildbyJackLondon1TheCalloftheWildCHAPTERIIntothePrimitive"Oldlongingsnomadicleap,Chafingatcustom'schain;AgainfromitsbrumalsleepWakenstheferinestrain."Buckdidnotreadthenewspapers,orhewouldhaveknownthattroublewasbrewing,notaloneforhims
2、elf,butforeverytide-waterdog,strongofmuscleandwithwarm,longhair,fromPugetSoundtoSanDiego.Becausemen,gropingintheArcticdarkness,hadfoundayellowmetal,andbecausesteamshipandtransportationcompanieswereboomingthefind,thousandsofmenwererushingintotheNorthland.Theseme
3、nwanteddogs,andthedogstheywantedwereheavydogs,withstrongmusclesbywhichtotoil,andfurrycoatstoprotectthemfromthefrost.Bucklivedatabighouseinthesun-kissedSantaClaraValley.JudgeMiller'splace,itwascalled.Itstoodbackfromtheroad,halfhiddenamongthetrees,throughwhichgli
4、mpsescouldbecaughtofthewidecoolverandathatranarounditsfoursides.Thehousewasapproachedbygravelleddrivewayswhichwoundaboutthroughwide-spreadinglawnsandundertheinterlacingboughsoftallpoplars.Attherearthingswereonevenamorespaciousscalethanatthefront.Thereweregreats
5、tables,whereadozengroomsandboysheldforth,rowsofvine-cladservants'cottages,anendlessandorderlyarrayofouthouses,longgrapearbors,greenpastures,orchards,andberrypatches.Thentherewasthepumpingplantfortheartesianwell,andthebigcementtankwhereJudgeMiller'sboystooktheir
6、morningplungeandkeptcoolinthehotafternoon.AndoverthisgreatdemesneBuckruled.Herehewasborn,andherehehadlivedthefouryearsofhislife.Itwastrue,therewereotherdogs,Therecouldnotbutbeotherdogsonsovastaplace,buttheydidnotcount.Theycameandwent,residedinthepopulouskennels
7、,orlivedobscurelyintherecessesofthehouseafterthefashionofToots,theJapanesepug,orYsabel,theMexicanhairless,--strangecreatures2TheCalloftheWildthatrarelyputnoseoutofdoorsorsetfoottoground.Ontheotherhand,therewerethefoxterriers,ascoreofthematleast,whoyelpedfearful
8、promisesatTootsandYsabellookingoutofthewindowsatthemandprotectedbyalegionofhousemaidsarmedwithbroomsandmops.ButBuckwasneitherhouse-dognorkennel-dog.Thewholerealmwashis.Heplu
