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1、WHITEFANGbyJackLondon1906PartOneChapterOne--TheTrailoftheMeatDarkspruceforestfrownedoneithersidethefrozenwaterway.Thetreeshadbeenstrippedbyarecentwindoftheirwhitecoveringofthefrost,andtheyseemedtoleantowardeachother,blackandominous,inthefadinglight.Avastsilencereignedovertheland.Thela
2、nditselfwasadesolation,lifeless,withoutmovement,soloneandcoldthatthespiritofitwasnoteventhatofsadness.Therewasahintinitoflaughter,butofalaughtermoreterriblethananysadness--alaughterthatwasmirthlessasthesmileoftheSphinx,alaughtercoldasthefrostandpartakingofthegrimnessofinfallibility.It
3、wasthemasterfulandincommunicablewisdomofeternitylaughingatthefutilityoflifeandtheeffortoflife.ItwastheWild,thesavage,frozen-heartedNorthlandWild.Buttherewaslife,abroadinthelandanddefiant.Downthefrozenwaterwaytoiledastringofwolfishdogs.Theirbristlyfurwasrimedwithfrost.Theirbreathfrozei
4、ntheairasitlefttheirmouths,spoutingforthinspumesofvaporthatsettleduponthehairoftheirbodiesandformedintocrystalsoffrost.Leatherharnesswasonthedogs,andleathertracesattachedthemtoasledwhichdraggedalongbehind.Thesledwaswithoutrunners.Itwasmadeofstoutbirch-bark,anditsfullsurfacerestedonthe
5、snow.Thefrontendofthesledwasturnedup,likeascrollinordertoforcedownandundertheboreofsoftsnowthatsurgedlikeawavebeforeit.Onthesled,securelylashed,wasalongandnarrowoblongbox.Therewereotherthingsonthesled-blankets,anaxe,andacoffee-potandfrying-pan;butprominent,occupyingmostofthespace,wast
6、helongandnarrowoblongbox.Inadvanceofthedogs,onwidesnowshoes,toiledaman.Attherearofthesledtoiledasecondman.Onthesled,inthebox,layathirdmanwhosetoilwasover--amanwhomtheWildhadconqueredandbeatendownuntilhewouldnevermovenorstruggleagain.ItisnotthewayoftheWildtolikemovement.Lifeisanoffense
7、toit,forlifeismovement;andtheWildaimsalwaystodestroymovement.Itfreezesthewatertopreventitrunningtothesea;itdrivesthesapoutofthetreestilltheyarefrozentotheirmightyhearts;andmostferociouslyandterriblyofalldoestheWildharryandcrushintosubmissionman--man,whoisthemostrestlessoflife,everinre
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