6 New Trials

CHAPTER 6 New Trials After a few days, the celebrations ended, and everyone got back to business. Official orders came, calling Francois and Perrault to new places, and they had to leave their team. Francois called Buck to him, threw his arms around him, and cried over him. That was the last time Buck saw Francois and Perrault. Like other men, they passed out of Buck's life for good. A Scottish man took charge of Buck and his teammates, and along with a dozen other dog teams, he started back over the trail to

过了几天，庆祝活动结束了，每个人都回到了工作中。 官方命令来了，要求弗朗索瓦斯和佩诺特去新的地方，他们必须离开自己的队伍。 弗朗索瓦斯把巴克叫到他身边，伸出双臂抱住他，在他身上哭了起来。 那是巴克最后一次见到弗朗索瓦斯和佩诺特。 和其他人一样，他们永远地从巴克的生活中消失了。 一个苏格兰人负责巴克和他的队友们，和其他十几只狗队一起，他开始沿着小路往回走

Dawson. There was no light running now, no trying for a record time, only hard work each day, with a heavy load in the sled. This was the mail train that carried letters to the men who looked for gold. Buck did not like it, but he could do the work and took pride in it the same way Dave and Solleks did. And Buck made sure that his teammates, whether or not they also took pride in it, did their fair share of work. It was a boring life, and one day was very much like another. At a certain time each morning the cooks woke up, built the fires, and cooked breakfast. Then, while some men packed up the camp, others harnessed the dogs, and they were on their way an hour or so before dawn. At night, they made camp again. Some men made fires, others cut firewood, and still others carried water or ice for the cooks. Also, the dogs were fed. To the dogs, this was the most interesting part of the day, but

道森。现在没有轻松的跑步，没有试图打破记录的时间，只有每天努力工作，在雪橇上装着沉重的东西。 这是一列邮车，把信件送到寻找黄金的人那里。 巴克不喜欢这个工作，但他能做，并像戴夫和索拉克斯一样为此感到自豪。 巴克确保他的队友们，不管他们是否为此感到自豪，都完成了自己的一份工作。 这是一种无聊的生活，每一天都大同小异。 每天早上，厨师们都会在一定的时间起床，生起火，做早餐。 然后，在一些人收拾帐篷的时候，另一些人给狗套上挽具，他们在黎明前一个小时左右上路了。 晚上，他们又扎营了。 一些人生火，一些人砍柴，还有一些人为厨师挑水或冰块。 对狗来说，这是一天中最有趣的部分，但是

it was also good to loaf around after the fish was eaten for an hour or so with the other dogs. There were dozens of them. There were fierce fighters among them, but after three fights with the fiercest dogs, Buck became an unbeatable fighter. When he bristled and showed his teeth, all the dogs got out of his way. Perhaps best of all, Buck loved to lie near the fire, hind legs crouched under him, forelegs stretched out in front, raised, and eyes blinking dreamily at the flames. Sometimes he thought of Judge Miller's big house in the sunny Santa Clara Valley, and of the cement swimming tank, and Ysabel, the Mexican hairless, and Toots, the Japanese pug. But more often he remembered the man in the red sweater, Curly being hurt, the great fight with Spitz, and the good things he had eaten or would like to eat. He was not homesick. The South was far away, and

在吃完鱼后，和其他狗一起闲逛一个小时左右也很好。 有几十个。 他们中间有凶猛的战士，但在与最凶猛的狗搏斗了三次之后，巴克变成了一个无敌的战士。 当他怒发冲冠，露出牙齿时，所有的狗都闪开了。 也许最妙的是，巴克喜欢躺在火堆旁边，后腿蹲在身下，前腿向前伸，抬起，眼睛对着火焰梦幻般地眨着。 有时他会想起米勒法官在阳光明媚的圣克拉拉山谷的大房子，想起水泥做的游泳池，想起墨西哥的无毛狗伊莎贝尔和日本的哈巴狗图茨。 但更多的时候，他想起的是那个穿红毛衣的人、受伤的卷毛、和斯皮兹的大吵一架，以及他吃过或想要吃的好东西。 他并不想家。南方很遥远，而且

memories of it did not affect him. More important were the instincts he felt. They made things he had never seen seem familiar. It was a hard trip, with all the mail in the sled, and the work wore all the dogs down. They were weak when they arrived in Dawson, and should have had at least a week or ten days to rest. But after only two days they started down the Yukon River loaded with letters again. The dogs were tired, the drivers grumbling, and to make things worse, it snowed every day. This made the trail soft, so the sled could not slide as easily, which meant even heavier pulling for the dogs. Although it was hard, the drivers were fair through it all, and they did their best for the animals. Each night the dogs were looked after first. They ate before the drivers ate, and no man set up his sleeping bag until he had looked after the feet of the dogs he drove. Still, their

对这件事的回忆并没有影响到他。 更重要的是他的直觉。 他们使他从未见过的东西看起来很熟悉。 这是一次艰难的旅行，所有的邮件都在雪橇上，工作使所有的狗都筋疲力尽。 他们刚到道森时身体很虚弱，至少应该休息一星期或十天。 但仅仅过了两天，他们就又载着信顺育空河而下了。 狗累了，司机抱怨，更糟糕的是，每天都在下雪。 这样一来，雪橇就不那么容易滑动了，这就意味着狗需要更用力地拉雪橇。 虽然这很艰难，但司机们都很公平，他们为动物们尽了最大的努力。 每天晚上都是狗先被照顾。 他们在司机吃饭之前吃饭，没有人在照顾好他所驾驶的狗的脚之前架起他的睡袋。 不过,他们的

strength went down. Since the beginning of winter they had traveled eighteen hundred miles, dragging sleds the whole distance, and eighteen hundred miles will wear down even the toughest dogs. Buck kept at it, keeping his teammates up to their work and working together, even though he was also very tired. Billee cried and whimpered in his sleep each night. Joe was meaner than ever, and Solleks was unapproachable from any side. But of all the dogs in the team, it was Dave who suffered most. Something had gone wrong with him. He became more unhappy and angry, and as soon as camp was set up, he would dig his sleeping hole, where his driver fed him. Once out of the harness and lying down, he did not get up again until harness time in the morning. Sometimes, in the harness, when he pulled hard he would cry out in pain. The driver examined him, but could find nothing wrong.

力量减弱了。从冬天开始，他们已经拖着雪橇走了一千八百英里，而一千八百英里的路程会使最强壮的狗也累坏的。 尽管巴克也很累，但他还是继续努力，让他的队友们一起努力工作。 比利每晚都在睡梦中哭泣和抽泣。 乔比以前更刻薄了，索拉克斯从任何方面都难以接近。 但在队里所有的狗中，戴夫受的苦最大。 他一定是出了什么问题。 他变得越来越不开心和生气，一旦扎营，他就会挖一个睡觉的洞，他的司机在那里喂他。 一旦脱下挽具并躺下，他就再也没有起来，直到早上使用挽具的时候。 有时，在挽具上，当他用力拉时，他会痛得大叫。 司机检查了他，但没有发现任何问题。

By the time they reached Cassiar Bar, Dave was so weak that he was falling down in the harness. The Scottish driver stopped the dogs and took Dave out of the team. He wanted to rest Dave and let him run free behind the sled. Sick as he was, Dave did not like being taken out. He grunted and growled while the harness was taken off, and he whimpered sadly when he saw Sol-leks in the position he had held for so long. Dave felt proud of his work, and even though he was sick he could not stand to see another dog do his work.

当他们到达Cassiar Bar的时候，Dave已经很虚弱了，他在挽具上摔倒了。 苏格兰司机拦住了狗，把戴夫带出了车队。 他想让戴夫休息一下，让他在雪橇后面自由奔跑。 戴夫虽然病了，但他不喜欢被带出去。 当挽具被解开时，他咕哝着，咆哮着，当他看到索拉克斯站在他占据了这么长时间的位置时，他悲伤地呜咽着。 戴夫为他的工作感到自豪，即使他生病了，他也无法忍受看到另一只狗做他的工作。