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第5章 lve f life（第1页）
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Themanhadfallenintothecreekandhadsrainedhisankle。
Hecalledtohisfriend，
"Isay，Bill，waitthere。I&aos;vesrainedmyankle。
"
Therewasnoanswer。Billhaddisaearedinthedamfog。AlthoughitwasstillAugust，theCanadianwildernesslaycoldandlonelyintheweaklightoftheafternoonsun。Everywherewasthedullskyline。Thehillswerealllow-lying。Therewerenotrees。Therewasnothingbutdesolationthatsentfearintotheman&aos;sheart。
"Bill!
"hecalledagain。
"Bill!
"Therewasnoanswer。
Themanrosetohisfeet，shakingasifhehadafever。Hefoughtagainstthefearinhisheart。Hefoundhisgunwherehehaddroeditinthewater。Thenhecontinuedhiswayslowly。Thegunwasnowuseless，forhehadnoammunitionforit，buthedidnotleaveit。
Heshiftedhisacktohisleftshouldersoastofavorhisrightankleandhurriedtothetoofahill。Fromtherehesawabroadvalley，emtyoflife。
Thebottomofthevalleywassoftandswamy。Heushedon，tryingtofollowthetracksofhiscomanion。
Thoughhewasnowalone，hewasnotlost。Fartheralongheknewwheretofindthetrail。Hewouldfollowituntilitcametotheriver，wheretheyhadlefttheircanoe，weighteddownwithrocks。Underthecanoewasacacheofammunitionforhisemtygun，fishhooksandlines，andasmallnet。Hewouldalsofindsomeflour，bacon，andbeans-notmuch，fortheyhadtakenmostoftheirfoodwiththemontheirtriintothenorthcountrylookingforgold。
HeknewBillwouldwaitforhimthere;thentheywouldaddledowntherivertoaHudsonBayComanyost，wheretherewouldbewarmshelterandlentyoffood。
Thesewerethethoughtsofthemanashelimedalongthetrail。ThenhebegantothinkthaterhasBillhaddesertedhim。Themanhadnoteatenfortwodays，andnowwastheaddedfearofstarvation。Hehadstoedafewtimestoeatsomewildberries，buttheyweremostlyseedsandbitter。Hishungerincreasedbythehour。
Alreadythesunhadsliedbeyondthehorizon。Suddenlyhestruckhistoeonarockyledgeandfell。Helaystillforsometimewithoutmovement。Thenhesliedoutofhisackstrasanddraggedhimselftoasittingosition。Itwasnotyetdark，andinthelingeringtwilighthegatheredsomemoss。Whenhehadagood-sizedile，hebuiltafireandsetasmallailofwateroverthefiretoboil。
Heunwraedhisack，andthefirstthinghedidwastocounthismatches。Thereweresixty-seven。Hecountedthemthreetimestomakesure。Hedividedthemintothreesmallacks，wraingtheminoilaer，uttingonebunchinhisemtytobaccoouch，anotherbunchintheinsidebandofhishat，andthethirdbunchunderhisshirtonhischest。Hewasafraidthatifhefellintothewateragain，allofhismatcheswouldbecomewetanduseless。
Hedriedhisfootgearbythefire。Thewetmoccasinshadbeencuttoieces。Thesockswerewornthroughinlaces，andhisanklehadswollentothesizeofhisknee。Hetorealongstrifromoneofhisblanketsandboundtheankletightly。Hetoreotherstrisandboundthemabouthisfeetforfootwear。Hewascold，andheknewthattherewouldsoonbethedangerofsnowandfrost。Afterthewaterheated，hedranksomeofit;thenhewoundhiswatch，andcrawledbetweenhisblankets。Hesletlikeadeadman。
Atsixo&aos;clockheawoke，lyingonhisback。Hegazedstraightuintothegrayskyandknewthathewashungry。Asherolledoveronhiselbow，heheardaloudsnortandsawacariboulookingathimstrangely。Theanimalwasnotmorethanfiftyfeetaway，andinstantlythemanhadthoughtsofacaribousteakfryingoverafire。Hereachedforhisemtygun，aimed，andulledthetrigger。Theanimalsnortedattheclickoftheemtygunandranaway。
Themancursedandgroanedaloudashedraggedhimselftohisfeet。Slowlyherolledhisacktogether。Helookedatthemoose-hidebagthathecarriedinhisack。Itwasextraweight，andhebegantowonderwhatvalueitscontentshadnow。However，herolledittogetherwithhisaceandstartedout。
Theaininhisanklewasterrific，butitwasnoworsethanthatinhisemtystomach。Thehungerhadbecomefrightful。Inalittlewhilehecameuonavalleywheresomebirdsroseonwhirringwings，
"Ker。。。ker。。。ker，
"theycriedastheyflewaway。Hethrewstonesbuthecouldnothitaone。Helacedhisackonthegroundandbegantostalkthebirdslikeacat。
Thesharrockscutthroughhisantslegstillhiskneeswerescratchedandbleeding，buthewasnotawareofhishurtsashishungerwassogreat。Hecursedthebirdsandmockedthemwiththeirowncry。
Asthedayworeon，hecameintoavalleywheregamewasmorelentiful。Aherdoftwentycaribouassedbywithinriflerange。Hefeltlikerunningafterthem，butheknewsuchaneffortwouldbesenseless。Oncehesawafoxwithabirdinitsmouth。Hecalledloudly，hoingtofrightenthefoxintodroingthebird;butthefox，leaingawayinfright，didnotdrothebird。
Hewaswearyandoftenwishedtorest-toliedownandslee，buthewasdrivenonbyhishunger。Hesearchedlittleondsforfrogsanddugutheearthwithhisfingernailsforworms，thoughheknewthatneitherfrogsnorwormslivedthatfarnorth。
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