3 Learning to Survive

CHAPTER 3 Learning to Survive That night, Buck faced the great problem of sleeping. The tent, lit by a candle, glowed warmly. Everything around them was white and snowy. When Buck entered the tent, thinking it was a normal thing to do, Perrault and Francois yelled at him and threw things at him until he ran away, angry and embarrassed, back into the cold. A chill wind was blowing that nipped him sharply. He lay down on the snow and tried to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet. Miserable, he wandered around among the many tents, only to find that one place was

第三章学会生存那天晚上，巴克面临着一个大问题，那就是睡觉。 帐篷点着蜡烛，发出温暖的光。 他们周围的一切都是雪白的。 巴克走进帐篷，以为这是很正常的事，佩诺特和弗朗索瓦斯对他大喊大叫，朝他扔东西，直到他又生气又尴尬地跑开，回到寒冷的地方。 一阵寒风吹来，使他感到刺骨。 他躺在雪地上，想睡觉，但霜冻很快就把他逼得瑟瑟发抖。 他痛苦地在许多帐篷中徘徊，只发现有一个地方

just as cold as another. Here and there, rude dogs tried to bully him, but he bristled his neck hair and snarled (for he was learning fast how to fight back), and they let him go on his way without bothering him anymore. Finally, an idea came to him. He would return and see how his own teammates were sleeping. To his surprise, they had disappeared. Again he wandered around the large camp, looking for them, and again he returned without finding them. Were they in the tent? No, that could not be, or else he would not have been chased out. Then where could they possibly be? With drooping tail and shivering body, feeling very lost and alone, he circled the tent. Suddenly the snow gave way under his front legs and he sank down. Something wriggled under his feet. He sprang back, bristling and snarling, afraid of the unknown. But a friendly little yelp reassured him, and he went back to

和别人一样冷。到处都有粗鲁的狗想欺负他，但他却竖起脖子上的毛，咆哮着（因为他很快就学会了如何反击），他们让他继续走自己的路，不再打扰他。 最后，他想到了一个主意。 他会回来看看他的队友们睡得怎么样。 令他吃惊的是，他们不见了。 他又一次在大营地里徘徊，寻找他们，又一次没有找到他们。 他们在帐篷里吗？不，那是不可能的，否则他就不会被赶出去了。 那他们可能在哪里呢？ 它耷拉着尾巴，浑身发抖，感到非常失落和孤独，绕着帐篷转了一圈。 突然，他前腿下的雪塌了下来，他倒了下去。 有什么东西在他脚下蠕动。 他跳了回来，怒吼着，害怕未知的东西。 但一声友好的小叫声使他放心了，他又回去了

investigate. He smelled a whiff of warm air, and there, curled up under the snow in a snug ball, lay Billee. He whined, squirmed, and wriggled to show that he was friendly, and even licked Buck's face with his warm wet tongue. Another lesson. So that was the way they did it. Buck chose a spot and, with much fuss and hard work, dug a hole for himself. Soon, the heat from his body filled the small space and he was asleep.

调查。他闻到一股暖空气，比利在雪下蜷缩成一个舒适的球。 它呜咽着，扭动着，扭动着，表示它很友好，甚至用它温暖潮湿的舌头舔了舔巴克的脸。 另一个教训。他们就是这么做的。 巴克选了一个地方，煞费苦心地为自己挖了一个洞。 很快，他体内的热量填满了这个狭小的空间，他睡着了。

The day had been long and hard, and he slept soundly and comfortably, even though he growled and barked and wrestled with bad dreams. He did not open his eyes until the noises of the camp woke him. At first, he did not know where he was. It had snowed during the night and he was completely buried. The snow walls pressed in on him from every

这一天又长又辛苦，他睡得又香又舒服，尽管他在噩梦中咆哮、狂吠、挣扎。 直到营地里的喧闹声把他吵醒，他才睁开眼睛。 起初，他不知道自己身在何处。 夜里下了雪，他完全被埋了。 雪墙从四面八方向他逼近

side, and he felt very scared. His muscles tensed and the hair on his neck and shoulders stood on end. With a ferocious snarl, he jumped straight up into the blinding day, the snow flying about him in a flashing cloud. Before he landed on his feet, he saw the white camp around him and knew where he was. Buck then remembered all that had happened from the time he went for a stroll with Manuel to the hole he had dug for himself the night before. Francois shouted when he saw Buck. "What did I say?" he yelled to Perrault. "That Buck for sure learns quick as anything." Perrault nodded, with a serious look on his face. As a courier for the Canadian government, carrying important mail, he wanted to get the best dogs, and he was happy that he had found Buck. Three more huskies were added to the

一边，他感到非常害怕。 他的肌肉绷紧了，脖子和肩膀上的毛都竖起来了。 随着一声凶狠的咆哮，他直接跳到眩目的白天，雪花在他周围飞舞，像一朵闪烁的云。 在他站起来之前，他看到了他周围的白色营地，知道他在哪里。 巴克记起了从他和曼努埃尔散步到前一天晚上他为自己挖的洞所发生的一切。 弗朗索瓦斯看见巴克时喊道。 “我说什么来着？”他对佩诺特喊道。 “巴克肯定学得很快。” 佩诺特点了点头，一脸严肃。 作为加拿大政府的信使，他要运送重要的邮件，他想要得到最好的狗，他很高兴他找到了巴克。 又增加了三只哈士奇

team in less than an hour, making a total of nine, and in fifteen minutes they were all in harness and swinging up the trail toward the Dyea Canyon. Buck was glad to be gone, and even though the work was hard, he found that he did not mind it. He was surprised at the team's eagerness, and even more surprised at the change that had come over Dave and Sol-leks. They were like new dogs, completely altered by the harness. They were not quiet and solitary anymore. They were alert and active, anxious that the work should go well, and angry with anything that slowed their work. The hard work seemed to be the only thing that made them happy. Dave was the wheeler, or sled dog. Pulling in front of him was Buck; then came Sol-leks. The rest of the team was ahead of them in single file all the way to the leader, who was Spitz. Buck had been placed between Dave and

在不到一个小时的时间里，他们组成了一个团队，总共九个，十五分钟后，他们都戴上了挽具，沿着小路向戴亚峡谷走去。 巴克很高兴能离开，尽管工作很辛苦，但他发现自己并不介意。 他惊讶于团队的热情，更惊讶于戴夫和索拉克斯身上发生的变化。 他们就像新狗一样，被挽具完全改变了。 他们不再安静和孤独了。 他们机警而积极，渴望工作顺利进行，对任何妨碍他们工作的事情都很生气。 努力工作似乎是唯一能让他们快乐的事情。 戴夫是拉雪橇的狗。 拉在他前面的是巴克；然后是索拉克斯。 其他队员排成一列纵队一直走在他们前面，一直到队长斯皮兹跟前。 巴克被安排在戴夫和