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[Assistant] He went to look for it and soon returned, holding a wet, worn piece of mail.


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[Assistant] It was covered with green spots from being kept in a dark and wet cupboard for too long.


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[Assistant] Ahab took the envelope and tried to figure out the writing on the envelope. Mr. Har, yes. A woman's handwriting. The man's wife, I'll bet. Mr. Harry Macy. Ship Jeroboam. Why, it's for Macy, but he's dead. Keep it! cried Gabriel to Ahab. That's the way you're soon going, soon enough. Enough of you! yelled Ahab.


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[Assistant] But Gabriel snatched the letter from Captain Mayhew's hand and threw it back to the Pequod. It fell right at Ahab's feet.


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[Assistant] Since she was so excited she forgot how large she had grown in the last few minutes. When she jumped up in such a hurry,


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[Assistant] She caused the jewelry box to fall over because the edge of her skirt had caught on the box.


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[Assistant] This upset the whole jury who were now lying about on the floor.


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[Assistant] Some members moved about, reminding Alice of the bowl of goldfish she had accidentally knocked over once before.


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[Assistant] Oh, I do beg your pardon, she said worriedly.


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[Assistant] She began picking them up as quickly as she could.


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[Assistant] Somehow she had been taken over by the strange idea that they must be put back in the Jerry box very quickly or they would die just like her goldfish.


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[Assistant] Alice looked and saw that, because she was hurrying.


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[Assistant] She had put Bill the Lizard back in, head downwards.


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[Assistant] The poor little lizard was waving his tail wildly, unable to sit up. Alice quickly pulled him out again and set him right side up.


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[Assistant] Once the jury had gotten over the shock of being knocked over onto the floor and their rocks and pencils had been returned.


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[Assistant] They started to write in great detail about their accident. Everyone that is, except the lizard. He was much too upset to do anything.


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[Assistant] He just sat with his mouth open, looking up at the ceiling of the court, as if he were in a dream.


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[Assistant] Nothing, said Alice, quite honestly.


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[Assistant] Continued the king. He leaned forward and looked hard at her. Nothing at all, your majesty, said Alice.


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[Assistant] The jury was trying to write this down, but the white rabbit interrupted.


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[Assistant] Yet, he also frowned at the king and made funny faces at the same time, as if trying to tell the king something.


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[Assistant] The king said. Then he quickly said to himself.


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[Assistant] It seemed he was trying to decide which word sounded best.


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[Assistant] This caused some of the jury to write down important and others unimportant.


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[Assistant] Alice was able to see this since she was so close to them.


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[Assistant] Well, I suppose it really doesn't matter. She thought to herself.


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[Assistant] shouted the king. He started to read from his book.


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[Assistant] But I'm not one mile high, said Alice. You're nearly two miles high, added the Queen. Well I'm not going, said Alice.


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[Assistant] Besides, I'm sure that's not a real rule. You just made that up.


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[Assistant] Said the king. He quickly slammed his book shut.


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[Assistant] said the white rabbit. Holding a piece of paper in his hand he jumped up in a great hurry and said,


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[Assistant] Said the king. Hearing this, the jury became happy again.


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[Assistant] Because this was the first clever and smart thing the king had said all day.


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[Assistant] Everyone in the courtroom clapped their hands loudly. That proves he is guilty, said the Queen. So off with... It doesn't prove anything, said Alice.


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[Assistant] You haven't even read the poem, so how could you even know what it is about?


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[Assistant] The court was dead silent as the rabbit read,


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[Assistant] There's not the slightest meaning in it, replied Alice.


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[Assistant] He continued, looking at the poem on his knee and reading the verses.


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[Assistant] He asked the knave. The knave sadly shook his head.


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[Assistant] This was a good point, as the knave was made of thick paper and really did not look like he could. The king went on reading.


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[Assistant] They all returned from him to you, said Alice.


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[Assistant] Said the king, pointing to the tarts on the table. He was quite excited at his discovery.


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[Assistant] He asked the Queen. Never, cried the Queen.


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[Assistant] The unfortunate little Bill had stopped trying to write on his rock with his finger because he found it left no mark.


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[Assistant] He began to use the ink that was running down his face instead.


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[Assistant] First we have the sentence, then the jury's decision afterwards.


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[Assistant] What nonsense, cried Alice loudly, the idea of having the sentence first.


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[Assistant] Be quiet! yelled the Queen, who was turning purple from Alice's shouting. I certainly will not! said Alice against the Queen's wishes.


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[Assistant] Off with her head! the Queen shouted, but nobody in the court moved.


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[Assistant] I'm not afraid of any of you, said Alice. By now, she had grown to her full size. You're nothing but a pack of cards.


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[Assistant] Then the whole pack rose up suddenly into the air. They flew down on Alice.


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[Assistant] Screaming, Alice tried to fight them and hit them away. But instead, she found herself lying on the river bank, her head in the lap of her sister.


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[Assistant] Her sister was gently brushing away some dead leaves.


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[Assistant] Why, you've been asleep for ages.


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[Assistant] Oh, I just had the strangest dream, replied Alice.


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[Assistant] Then she told her sister all her strange and wonderful adventures that you have been reading about.


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[Assistant] When she finished, her sister kissed her on the forehead and said, It was certainly a strange dream. Now, you'd better go home and get your tea. I hope it's not too late. Alice got up and ran toward home, thinking, while she ran, just what a wonderful dream it had been. Down deep in her own heart,


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[Assistant] She knew that she'd remember it her whole life.


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[Assistant] The lost boys could not find Peter or Wendy.


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[Assistant] But they found a small boat and rode it back towards their secret home. Peter! Wendy! They shouted as they rode through the lake, but they only heard the voices of the mermaids. After their little boat left the lake, everything became silent. Then a weak cry came out. Help! Help us! It said. It was the voice of Peter and Wendy.


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[Assistant] Peter pulled Wendy up onto the top of the rock and then lay down to recover his strength.


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[Assistant] The water was coming higher and higher and Peter knew that they would soon drown.


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[Assistant] Peter felt helpless for the first time in his life.


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[Assistant] She did not fully understand the terrible situation. Should we fly or swim home?


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[Assistant] Wendy told him that she was too tired. Peter cried loudly. What's wrong Peter? She asked, becoming very worried.


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[Assistant] Peter cried. Do you mean that we are both going to die?


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[Assistant] He asked, I don't think I can, she answered. It's only a kite.


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[Assistant] The boys need you to lead them and protect them.


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[Assistant] She grasped his arm and refused to leave without him. But Peter would not go.


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[Assistant] He said, and he pushed her toward the sky. A few moments later she disappeared into the night. Peter was now alone on the rock.


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[Assistant] The water had come so high that there was hardly any space left to stand.


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[Assistant] He thought, as he watched the water rise over his feet.


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[Assistant] The water soon covered Peter's legs and chest and neck.


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[Assistant] In only a few more minutes, it would cover his head too.


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[Assistant] Just then he saw something moving on the lake. It looked like a big piece of paper. Peter wondered what it was.


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[Assistant] It was coming closer to him and he saw that it was not a piece of paper, but was the mother bird.


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[Assistant] He asked rudely. The bird repeated what she had said but Peter still could not understand her.


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[Assistant] Finally, the bird became very angry and shouted, You dumb head! Do what I tell you! Shut up.


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[Assistant] Even though Peter was rude, the mother bird was still determined to save him. With a strong effort, she pushed the nest against the rock.


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[Assistant] Then she flew up into the air, leaving the nest empty, so that Peter would understand her meaning. Finally, Peter understood her. He grasped the nest and climbed in.


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[Assistant] He then waved his hand to thank the mother bird as she flew over his head.


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[Assistant] She was watching him to see what he would do with her two large eggs.


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[Assistant] Peter took off his hat and put the two eggs in it and pushed it towards the shore.


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[Assistant] The mother bird was happy to see that her eggs were safe. Peter then remembered that there was a pirate sword on the rock and he used it to row the nest to the shore.


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[Assistant] Peter reached the underground house about the same time as Wendy.


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[Assistant] All the lost boys were happy to see that Wendy and Peter were safe.


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[Assistant] The whole family had a huge pretended meal together to celebrate their victory against Captain Hook and the pirates.


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[Assistant] Chapter 6 The Mysterious Five


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[Assistant] Aboard this ship, I began to learn all sorts of information about whales and about Moby Dick in particular. The most valued of all whales is the sperm whale. Because of its spermaceti,


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[Assistant] A white wax-like liquid removed from the oil that is inside the sperm whale's head.


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[Assistant] Spermiceti is used to light all the lamps of the world. Also,


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[Assistant] It is the main oil used in making expensive perfume. Moby Dick was a sperm whale but he was different than others.


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[Assistant] I learned it was possible to see him from a great distance because he was different.


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[Assistant] He not only had a strange snow-white lined forehead and a huge high white hump.


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[Assistant] But also a huge body lined and spotted with the same color of white. Other sailors who had seen him had given him the nickname of the White Whale.


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[Assistant] Moby Dick was also different in behavior from other whales. He seemed to be more clever than the rest.


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[Assistant] He would turn around and swim toward those chasing him. He would either break their boat into bits of wood or drive them back to their ship in terror.


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[Assistant] There was a story that once before Ahab had gone after Moby Dick with three boats. All three were smashed to pieces by the whale.


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[Assistant] Moby Dick stuck out his curved lower jaw beneath Ahab and bit off his leg.


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[Assistant] Since then, Ahab wanted revenge against the whale.


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[Assistant] It seemed that all the evil of the world was inside this one whale. If he could kill Moby Dick, then he could save the world from evil.


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[Assistant] I was quite amazed at how he made the crew believe this too.


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[Assistant] They also shared his hatred and believed his enemy to also be their own.


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[Assistant] We had all lined up waiting for the scuttlebutt to fill.


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[Assistant] A scuttlebutt is a barrel for holding the daily fresh water supply. Suddenly I heard one of the seaman whisper to another, Did you hear that noise? What noise? Shh! There it is again. Under the deck. It sounds like someone coughing. Oh, be silent, will you?


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[Assistant] It's only the noise of your stomach after you ate three soaked cakes for supper. Nothing else. Now give me the bucket.


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[Assistant] You can joke if it makes you feel better, said the seaman. But we'll see what turns up sooner or later.


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[Assistant] I think there's a person below deck whom none of us have seen yet.


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[Assistant] And I'm pretty sure old Ahab knows about this too.


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[Assistant] I heard Stub tell Flask one morning that he felt there was something strange happening on this boat.


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[Assistant] The other sailor didn't say anything to this.


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[Assistant] Then Tashtigo, who was keeping watch, suddenly cried out, There she blows! I looked over to where the Indian had seen a whale. Tashtigo stood high in the air, his arms stretched out in front of him like a branch. There she blows! There! There! There!


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[Assistant] Where? Where? Everyone shouted excitedly. On the Lee Beam side of the ship. About two miles away. There's a whole group of them.


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[Assistant] The Lee beam side meant the whales were on the side of the ship away from the wind. Instantly,


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[Assistant] Everybody started moving about and everything became noisy.


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[Assistant] Quick, servant! cried Ahab. Tell me what time it is, the time! Doboy, the servant, hurried below, looked at the clock, and reported the exact minute to Ahab.


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[Assistant] Ahab kept very careful notes of the location and time of whales that had been sighted or captured.


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[Assistant] He used this to try to understand more about whales and how they live.


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[Assistant] He kept a large roll of CMAPs and he would spend hours studying the many lines and drawings.


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[Assistant] He would draw the way that whales traveled with his pencil.


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[Assistant] He also studied the currents of all four oceans. All this he did for one reason, to find and kill Moby Dick. But now we were going after other whales. This was, after all, the main business of the Pequod.


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[Assistant] Still, I knew that Ahab could not forget his real goal. The ship was moved out of the wind. Three boats were lowered down to the sea.


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[Assistant] At this exciting instant, we suddenly heard a loud cry. Everyone looked away from the whales to look at Ahab. The captain wasn't alone on deck.


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[Assistant] He stood surrounded by five yellow men who seemed to have come out of thin air.


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[Assistant] These strangers were now lowering one of the spare boats into the ocean.


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[Assistant] Are you ready, Fidala? cried Ahab. Ready, said a tall dark figure.


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[Assistant] He had one evil-looking tooth sticking out from his iron-like lips.


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[Assistant] His long white hair was twisted and wrapped around his head like an Indian hat.


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[Assistant] The other men looked like they were a group of natives from the Philippine Islands, which is near Australia.


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[Assistant] Sailors who believed in unscientific or old religious thoughts.


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[Assistant] With that order, we leaped down into the three tossed boats below.


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[Assistant] In the fourth boat, rowed by the five strangers, stood Ahab.


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[Assistant] Ahab was shouting across the water at starbuck, stub, and flask to move far so as to cover a larger area.


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[Assistant] When Stub's boat came near to Starbucks, he yelled out, What do you think of those five yellow men, sir?


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[Assistant] I'm sure he have brought them aboard in secret before the ship sailed, called Starbuck. Row strongly, strong there, boys.


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[Assistant] I think it's a sad business, Mr. Stub, that Ahab has to keep secrets from his crew. But, never mind. Nothing's to be done now. That's why he kept going down below deck so often. The men were hiding down there. This has something to do with the white whale. Well, well, can't be helped now. Give way, men! We're not hunting the white whale today.


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[Assistant] I silently remembered the mysterious shadows I had seen moving about the Pequod during the dim light of morning when we were still in Nantucket. I remembered, too, the strange words of that man Elijah.


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[Assistant] I would have a lot to think about once this was all over. But for now,


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[Assistant] All I wanted to do was get close to those whales.


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[Assistant] Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Primitive


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[Assistant] If he did, he would have known that soon there would be trouble not only for himself,


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[Assistant] But also for every able and good dog from Puget Sound to San Diego.


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[Assistant] Men, exploring in the Arctic lands, had discovered gold up in the north.


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[Assistant] Boat and train companies were taking thousands of men to the Northland. Dogs were needed for transportation.


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[Assistant] Especially big dogs with heavy coats to protect them from the cold.


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[Assistant] Buck lived at a big house called Judge Miller's Place in the sunny valley of Santa Clara. The house was far away from the road, hidden by trees.


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[Assistant] The path to the house ran through large trees and grassy areas. The back area of the house was even larger. There were big stables for horses, servants' houses, and even some fruit trees.


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[Assistant] There was also a swimming pool that Judge Milner's boys often visited to cool off from the afternoon heat.


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[Assistant] It was over this huge area that Buck ruled.


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[Assistant] He was born here and had already lived here for four years.


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[Assistant] There were other dogs, but they did not count. Often coming and going, or barely going outside of the house. Buck was not a house dog, or a racing dog.


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[Assistant] Often he looked after the judges' two daughters, Molly and Alice, when they went out for nightly walks.


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[Assistant] On winter nights, he would lie at the judge's feet beside a warm fire.


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[Assistant] He also carried the judges' grandsons on his back, guarding their every footstep.


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[Assistant] He totally ignored the other dogs, especially Toots and Isabelle.


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[Assistant] And he ruled over all the land and creatures of Judge Miller's place. His father, Elmo, was a huge dog, and he had been Judge Miller's constant companion. Buck wasn't as large. His mother, Sleep, was a smaller type of dog from Scotland.


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[Assistant] Nevertheless, his weight gave him an air like a king, and he had developed a lot of pride in himself.


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[Assistant] Much like a country gentleman does with a life of respect and good living.


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[Assistant] Luckily, he did not grow lazy and become a house dog.


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[Assistant] Rather, his love of hunting and outdoor fun hardened his muscles and stopped him from becoming fat.


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[Assistant] Such was the manner of Dog Buck in the fall of 1897.


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[Assistant] When the Klondike strike dragged men from all over the world to the frozen north.


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[Assistant] But newspapers and the way of the world were unknown to Buck.


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[Assistant] Judge Miller had a helper in their garden by the name of Manuel.


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[Assistant] Manuel had a certain weakness for a gambling game called lottery. Unfortunately, he was always losing.


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[Assistant] And because he didn't earn a lot of money as a helper, he was often in debt.


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[Assistant] One night, while the judge was away at a meeting and the boys away at an athletic club, Manuel took Buck to the fruit garden.


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[Assistant] Buck didn't know why he was out with Manuel, and only imagined it was for a walk.


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[Assistant] Only one man saw them arrive at a little station known as College Park.


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[Assistant] This man talked with Manuel, and money was exchanged between them.


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[Assistant] You might have tied up his mouth before you delivered him, complained the stranger.


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[Assistant] This made Manuel tie another piece of rope around Buck's neck. Twist this and he won't be able to breathe, said Manuel.


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[Assistant] Buck had accepted Manuel's rope around his neck.


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[Assistant] But when the stranger grabbed hold of it, he started to growl.


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[Assistant] To his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. In quick anger Buck jumped at the man.


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[Assistant] But the man closed his hands around Buck's neck and threw him over on his back Then the rope tightened again


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[Assistant] And Buck, in his anger, could hardly breathe. He had never been so badly treated. Nor had he ever been so angry.


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[Assistant] Although he struggled against the man, he soon lost his strength and did not remember being thrown into the luggage car of the train. The next thing Buck knew, he was inside a luggage car of a train.


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[Assistant] He had heard the high sound of the train's whistle.


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[Assistant] And had been on enough train rides with the judge to know where he was.


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[Assistant] He opened his eyes and looked about with great anger, like a king who has been kidnapped.


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[Assistant] The man beside him tried to grab the rope around his throat again, but Buck was too fast.


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[Assistant] He bit the man on the hand and he did not let go until he had his senses choked out of him again.


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[Assistant] Yes, this one has fits of anger at times, the man said, hiding his bloody hand away from a train clerk who had arrived to see about the sounds of fighting in the car.


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[Assistant] Trying to sound calm, he said, I'm taking this dog up to San Francisco on the boss's orders.


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[Assistant] He says there's a man there who can train and cure this dog.


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[Assistant] He led Buck to the back of a bar that was near the San Francisco waterfront.


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[Assistant] In a small room, he complained to the barkeeper. All I get is fifty dollars for this?


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[Assistant] And I wouldn't do it again if you paid me a thousand, he said. His hand was wrapped in a bloody handkerchief.


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[Assistant] And his right pant leg was ripped from knee to ankle. How much did the other fellow get? The barkeeper demanded. A hundred, was the reply. I wouldn't do it for a cent less.


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[Assistant] That makes 150, calculated the barkeeper. He'd better be worth it, or I'm a fool.


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[Assistant] The kidnapper undid his bandages and looked at his wounded hands.


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[Assistant] If you do, it'll be because you deserve it, laughed the barkeeper. Here, give me a hand with him.


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[Assistant] Buck tried to face his kidnappers, but he was suffering from too much pain.


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[Assistant] His throat and tongue hurt terribly, and he felt that half of his life had been choked out of him.


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[Assistant] He was repeatedly choked and thrown down while they cut off his heavy metal collar from home.


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[Assistant] Then his rope was removed and they pushed him into a large wooden cage.


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[Assistant] He spent the rest of the long night trying to make better his anger and wounded pride.


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[Assistant] He could not understand all that had happened to him. What did these strange men want with him?


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[Assistant] Why did they keep him locked up in such a small box?


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[Assistant] Many times during the night he had jumped to his feet when he heard the door open.


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[Assistant] Hoping that he would be greeted by Judge Miller and the boys.


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[Assistant] But each time it was the ugly face of the barkeeper.


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[Assistant] Each time the joyful bark that was in his throat turned into a wild growl.


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[Assistant] The barkeeper left him alone and in the morning four men entered and picked up his cage. Buck decided they were bad men.


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[Assistant] Their appearance was not clean and they had mean expressions on their faces.


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[Assistant] He barked and growled at them through the bars of his cage.


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[Assistant] The four men only laughed and teased him with sticks, which he quickly bit with his teeth until he realized that this was what they wanted. He decided to lay down in a bad mood and was lifted onto a truck. Thus he began his journey through many hands. He went through offices


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[Assistant] He was carried aboard another truck with other boxes.


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[Assistant] Finally he was put aboard another train car at a huge train station.


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[Assistant] For two days and nights he sat aboard this train, and for two days and nights Buck neither ate nor drank. He did not mind being hungry.


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[Assistant] But the lack of water caused him terrible suffering and made his anger even stronger.


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[Assistant] Buck decided that he would show them some temper. He decided he would never allow another rope to be put around his neck.


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[Assistant] The two days of hunger and thirst had turned his eyes blood red and he was so angry


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[Assistant] So changed he was that the judge himself would not have even recognized him.


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[Assistant] The four men who had ridden with him breathed relief when they were finally able to take him off the train in Seattle.


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[Assistant] They carried his cage to a high walled backyard.


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[Assistant] A short man in a red sweater came out and signed for their delivery.


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[Assistant] Buck knew that this man would be his next enemy.


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[Assistant] And he ran wildly against the bars, trying to bite him.


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[Assistant] Bringing the axe down upon Buck's wooden cage?


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[Assistant] The four men instantly reacted by jumping on top of the high walls, readying themselves for a show.


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[Assistant] Buck rushed at the broken wood, sinking his teeth into it, shaking it. Every time the axe fell he was growling and barking, waiting for a chance to get out.


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[Assistant] At the same time, he dropped the axe and picked up the club with his right hand.


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[Assistant] Buck was truly a red-eyed devil as he made ready to leap out of the box toward the man.


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[Assistant] He was 140 pounds of pure rage mixed with two days anger of being captured in a cage.


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[Assistant] Just as his teeth were ready to close on the man,


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[Assistant] He received a shock that ran through his body and caused him to close his jaws in pain.


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[Assistant] He had never been hit with a club before and did not understand.


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[Assistant] With a bark that was also a scream, he jumped again at this attacker and again he was sent on his back to the ground. He realized it was the club that caused this, but it didn't matter.


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[Assistant] All his anger and hurt made him charge the man at least a dozen times.


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[Assistant] After one very strong blow, that might have killed a lesser dog, Buck crawled to his feet.


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[Assistant] But he was too hurt to charge toward the man anymore.


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[Assistant] Blood flowed from his ears, nose and mouth, spraying his beautiful fur. Then the man came toward him and gave him a frightful strike on the nose.


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[Assistant] All the pain that Buck had gone through before was nothing compared to this.


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[Assistant] With a roar that sounded almost like a lion's, Buck again threw himself at the man.


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[Assistant] Moving the club from his right to left hand Struck Buck under his jaw


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[Assistant] He's a good one at dog-breaking, that's true," said one of the men on the wall.


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[Assistant] That man breaks two dogs a day and one on Sundays, said the driver, as he climbed on the wagon and started the horses. Meanwhile, Buck Senses had returned to him, but he was too weak to move.


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[Assistant] He lay on the ground, watching the man in the red sweater.


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[Assistant] So you answer to the name of Buck, said the man, reading the barkeeper's letter. Well, Buck, my boy. He continued in a gentler voice. We've had our little fight.


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[Assistant] And the best thing we can do is to let it go at that. You've learned your place and I know mine. Be a good dog and all will go well. Be a bad dog and I'll beat the senses out of you again. Understand? As he spoke, he fearlessly patted Buck's head.


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[Assistant] The same head he had so badly smashed earlier. Buck's head shook from the man's touch.


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[Assistant] But there was little he could do, but put up with it.


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[Assistant] When the man brought him water, he drank it quickly, and later he ate a generous amount of raw meat, bit by bit, from the man's hand. He was beaten, he knew that, but not broken.


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[Assistant] He now understood that he could never beat a man with a club. He had learned a lesson and he would never forget it his whole life.


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[Assistant] That club was his introduction into an earlier and primitive law. As the days passed on,


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[Assistant] He watched other dogs arriving by cage, some peacefully and some growling and barking his buckhead done.


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[Assistant] He watched every dog go through the same treatment with the club that he had experienced.


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[Assistant] Again and again these events became a lesson driven into Buck's mind. A man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed.


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[Assistant] Now and again men came, strangers,


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[Assistant] Who talked excitedly to the man in the red sweater.


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[Assistant] Sometimes money passed between them and the strangers took one or more of the dogs away with them. Buck wondered where they went, for they never returned. A fear of the future came over him.


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[Assistant] And he was glad each time he was not chosen.


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[Assistant] Yet his time came, in the end, in the form of a little man with dark, tough skin, who spoke broken English, and said many strange exclamations that Buck could not understand. My lord, he cried, when he saw Buck. That's one big dog. Eh? How much?


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[Assistant] 300, and that's a deal, even at that price. Was the man's quick reply.


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[Assistant] He knew that it was not an unfair price for such a fine animal.


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[Assistant] The Canadian government would not be losing anything.


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[Assistant] And when he looked at Buck, he knew he was one in a thousand.


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[Assistant] Even one in ten thousand, he thought to himself.


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[Assistant] Money passed between the two men, and Buck was led away along with a well-behaved dog named Curly.


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[Assistant] That was the last time that Buck saw the man with the red sweater.


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[Assistant] And given to a black-faced man called Francois. Peralt was a French Canadian.


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[Assistant] But Francois was half French-Canadian and stronger. They were a new kind of men to Buck. And while he had no feelings for them, he grew to honestly respect them. He quickly learned that they were fair men.


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[Assistant] Calm and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs.


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[Assistant] On the deck of the ship, Buck and Curly joined two other dogs. One of them was a big snow-white dog named Spitz.


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[Assistant] He was friendly, but too clever to be trusted.


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[Assistant] He smiled at Buck but later stole his food during their first meal. Buck jumped up to punish him


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[Assistant] But Francois snapped his whip, and all that was left was a bone for him.


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[Assistant] And he clearly showed that he did not want to join the others.


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[Assistant] Even when the other dogs grew excited, Dave would only raise his head and yawn. Day and night passed aboard the ship. But Buck knew that it was getting colder. At last, one morning the ship was quiet.


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[Assistant] And the dogs knew that a change was coming soon.


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[Assistant] Francois tied them together and brought them on deck.


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[Assistant] Buck's feet stepped on the cold deck and his feet sank into something like white mud. More of this white stuff was falling through the air.


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[Assistant] He shook himself and licked some with his tongue.


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[Assistant] It bit like fire. And this puzzled buck.


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[Assistant] He tried to bite the white stuff as it fell through the air, causing the men to laugh.


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[Assistant] As the years passed by, Perseus grew into a strong and brave man.


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[Assistant] He had the blood of Zeus in him and received kind treatment and love from his mother and King Polictictes as well.


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[Assistant] In the king's mind, Dene became more beautiful each year.


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[Assistant] Every New Year's festival, his request to marry her became stronger and stronger.


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[Assistant] Already eighteen years had passed, and in only two years Denae would have to become his bride.


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[Assistant] Perseus knew that his mother did not want to marry Polictictes and wanted to protect her from the king.


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[Assistant] With the goal of his mother's happiness in his mind, Perseus went to see the king and speak with him.


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[Assistant] Polictictes, my mother has told me that you have asked her to marry you once again. For eighteen years she has refused you.


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[Assistant] Don't you understand that she is married already to the greatest of gods? Why don't you leave her alone?


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[Assistant] You are acting quite rudely, said Polictic Tease.


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[Assistant] My future marriage to your mother is not your affair?


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[Assistant] Hearing this, Perseus stood up to his full height and pointed his finger at Polictictes.


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[Assistant] If you try to bother my mother at the next New Year's festival, then you will have to deal with me.


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[Assistant] Unless you kill me first, I will not let you have her as your bride. You speak of great violence young man.


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[Assistant] When I was young I would never dare speak such terrible words to people older than me. Certainly.


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[Assistant] I would not speak this way to a man who had raised me with every kindness and acted as my loving father. I understand your mind, young Perseus.


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[Assistant] You wish to prove that you are a strong man and a brave fighter. Do not start a fight with me. Find a real enemy instead.


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[Assistant] Kill them to prove that you are now a man.


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[Assistant] I have only one enemy on this island, began Perseus.


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[Assistant] The man who would force my dear mother to marry him.


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[Assistant] There are no other terrible monsters for me to fight here.


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[Assistant] Name any great monster and I will bring you their heads.


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[Assistant] King Polyctetes did not have the youth and strength to defeat Perseus and feared that Perseus would try to stop his wedding. Because of this, he tried to name the most terrible and dangerous monster that he could.


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[Assistant] This monster will surely kill Perseus for me, the king thought.


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[Assistant] Perseus, if you wish to be known as a great hero, you should kill the monster called Medusa, the king said with an honest face, hiding his terrible thoughts. You are so strong and brave. I am sure you can kill her without much trouble.


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[Assistant] Who is this Medusa? Where can I find her? Perseus asked.


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[Assistant] She lives in the lands north of here, said Polictic Tease. Now, go and prove that you are a hero.


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[Assistant] The golden apples. Over the next years,


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[Assistant] Hercules completed many more tasks for King Eurystheus.


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[Assistant] He killed the poison burrs of Stymphilus. He wrestled the mad bull of Crete.


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[Assistant] He brought the king the wild horses of Diomedes and the cows of Girionis.


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[Assistant] He even traveled to the land of the dead and brought the king the three-headed dog that guarded its gates.


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[Assistant] Hercules only needed to complete one more task before he was free from his slavery.


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[Assistant] King Eurystheus thought of the hardest task he could, in hopes that Hercules would not be able to complete it. The king gave his last order.


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[Assistant] I want the golden apples that Zeus gave Hera.


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[Assistant] The apples are guarded by four women called the Hesperides. Find the apples and bring them to me. This last task seemed impossible. Hercules did not know how to do it.


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[Assistant] The Hesperides were powerful immortals who would never let Hercules approach the apples.


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[Assistant] Also, Hercules knew that the Hesperides lived with a great dragon that had teeth as long as swords and could breathe fire so hot that it would melt metal.


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[Assistant] Hercules decided that he needed the help of the Titans.


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[Assistant] The Titans were giant men that had lived in the world before ordinary men were created.


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[Assistant] Prometheus stole some fire from the gods and gave it as a gift to men.


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[Assistant] This angered the gods greatly, and they punished Prometheus in a terrible way.


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[Assistant] They tied him with chains to the top of a mountain where a giant meat-eating bird lived.


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[Assistant] Each day this bird flew down and slowly ate out Prometheus' liver. This was horribly painful. Then each night, his liver would grow back.


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[Assistant] So that he would have to go through the same pain the next day.


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[Assistant] Hercules climbed the mountain where Prometheus lived.


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[Assistant] As he climbed, he heard Prometheus's terrible screams and he felt great pity for the Titan.


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[Assistant] Once on top, Hercules took his bow and arrow and shot the vulture that had caused Prometheus so much pain over thousands of years.


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[Assistant] I have also not been free for a long time, said Hercules.


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[Assistant] I will not be free until I get the golden apples that Zeus gave Hera. Go and see my brother Atlas, said Prometheus.


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[Assistant] Tell him what you have done for me and he will help you.


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[Assistant] Atlas was the largest and the strongest of the Titans.


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[Assistant] It was his job to carry the earth on his shoulders and keep it separate from the heavens.


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[Assistant] You keep the earth and heavens apart, and all men admire your strength.


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[Assistant] I have recently freed your brother Prometheus from his chains.


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[Assistant] He told me that you would help me in my current task.


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[Assistant] Hercules then told Atlas all about his twelve tasks and about bringing the golden apples to King Eurystheus. I can certainly help you with your task, said Atlas, but I cannot leave my job here. I must keep the earth apart from the heavens.


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[Assistant] Perhaps I could hold up the earth for you while you are gone, said Hercules. Perhaps you could. Come here and try, said the Titan.


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[Assistant] Atlas slowly lowered the earth down onto Hercules' shoulders. The earth's weight was great, but Hercules was able to support it.


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[Assistant] He was able to run to the place where the Hesperides lived in just a few hours.


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[Assistant] He had killed the dragon while the Hesperides slept and taken the apples easily.


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[Assistant] Atlas realized that he was very tired of carrying the earth on his shoulders.


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[Assistant] He decided that he would not take it back from Hercules.


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[Assistant] I will take the apples myself to King Eurystheus for you. Now Hercules was not a fool.


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[Assistant] It would be very helpful if you would take the apples to King Eurystheus.


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[Assistant] Then I will get my blanket and put it on my back.


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[Assistant] So that the earth does not hurt me anymore as I hold it.


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[Assistant] Atlas agreed and took the earth off Hercules' back and put it on his own.


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[Assistant] However, Hercules did not go and get his blanket but instead picked up the golden apples. I have changed my mind, Atlas.


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[Assistant] Actually, I will take the apples to King Eurystheus myself.


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[Assistant] Atlas looked very sad, but did not say anything.


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[Assistant] Eurystheus was so impressed that he could not feel jealous of his cousin any longer.


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[Assistant] You have completed my twelve tasks, Hercules, and done as the gods ordered.


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[Assistant] You are welcome to stay in my kingdom as long as you want, but not as a slave. You are now a free man.


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[Assistant] Hercules left his cousin and the land of Argos soon after and wandered the lands freely again. He traveled to many towns and did many good deeds.


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[Assistant] He earned great fame for his adventures and had many happy days.


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[Assistant] Still, sadness always lived in his heart, for he could never forget the face of his sweet wife and loving children.


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[Assistant] The labors of Hercules The son of Zeus, Hercules


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[Assistant] Princess Alcmene was so beautiful and kind that every man who saw her fell immediately in love with her. Even Zeus.


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[Assistant] King of all the gods, looked down at Al-Kamini from his throne in the sky and fell deeply in love with her beauty.


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[Assistant] Zeus wished to take her as his bride, so he visited her one night and they were secretly married.


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[Assistant] Vader, Alchimene gave birth to a son and named him Hercules.


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[Assistant] Since Hercules was the son of Zeus, his strength was greater than any other man's.


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[Assistant] Hera was Zeus's wife in Olympus, the land of the gods.


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[Assistant] But Zeus ordered her not to hurt Alcmene, and Hera feared Zeus' anger.


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[Assistant] Herra sent two huge snakes into his nursery. Hercules wrestled with the two snakes and killed them. Even as a baby, his strength was great.


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[Assistant] During his life, Hera did many things to try and hurt Hercules.


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[Assistant] After Hercules was married and had two children, Hera decided it was a good time to take her revenge.


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[Assistant] She made Hercules think that his wife had been sleeping with another man, and that his children were not his own.


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[Assistant] Hercules became so crazy with anger that he broke his wife's neck and threw his children into a fire.


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[Assistant] When he realized the terrible deed that he had done,


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[Assistant] Hercules stayed in the mountain cave and did not leave to see anyone.


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[Assistant] He thought about what he had done and prayed to the gods to end his terrible sadness.


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[Assistant] The gods met together to decide what to do with Hercules. They were angry about his violent act


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[Assistant] But they also felt that he had done some great things in his life and should receive a second chance.


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[Assistant] The gods finally decided that Hercules would be forgiven if he used his strength for good.


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[Assistant] Apollo, the messenger of the gods, flew to Hercules' cave and delivered this message. Powerful Hercules!


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[Assistant] You must travel to Argos and complete twelve tasks for your cousin Eurystheus. Once you have completed these tasks, the gods will forgive you and your sadness can end.


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[Assistant] Hercules bowed to Apollo and thanked the gods for their wisdom and for giving him a second opportunity.


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[Assistant] He then left for Argos to see his cousin Eurystheus.


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[Assistant] She cried, I've already caused so much damage. Please let me out of the box, said the voice. I'm not like the others. I can help to fix what you have done.


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[Assistant] Through your curiosity, you have released many terrible forces into the world. Each of these forces has a name.


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[Assistant] The people of Earth will no longer live easy lives. But I am the hope.


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[Assistant] That will give them the strength to fight these forces. I wish that I could do more but that is the best that can be done.


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[Assistant] Their queen is called Hippolyta, and she wears a beautiful dress covered with jewels. I want that dress.


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[Assistant] I will have a great meal prepared for you and your men.


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[Assistant] Apollitees said, looking at Hercules with hungry eyes, But not until tomorrow, tonight.


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[Assistant] I wish for you to sleep in my bedroom with me.


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[Assistant] Tomorrow you can leave with what you have come for


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[Assistant] Edna eventually realized how stupid she had been to break the glass vase and try to destroy her wedding ring.


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[Assistant] That kind of thing would not improve her situation.


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[Assistant] She had decided to simply live the way she wanted to live.


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[Assistant] Tuesdays were no longer visiting days for her, and if anyone came to see her, she did not go and see them in return.


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[Assistant] She no longer cared about the rules of society. They meant nothing to her.


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[Assistant] Mr. Pontellier could not believe his wife's behavior. After a while


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[Assistant] Seeing that she meant to do absolutely nothing for the home.


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[Assistant] His surprise quickly turned to anger. When he would say something to her about it, she would fight back.


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[Assistant] I haven't stopped managing the house because of my painting. I have other reasons.


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[Assistant] Oh, just forget it. Go away. I don't feel like talking now.


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[Assistant] On these occasions, Mr. Pontellier began to think that his wife might be going crazy. Something was clearly wrong with her, but he could not say what. She was a changed woman.


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[Assistant] But he could not understand that she was changing into who she really was.


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[Assistant] She was no longer pretending to be a stranger to herself.


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[Assistant] Edna continued to paint for many hours every day.


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[Assistant] She soon had everyone in her house sitting for her up in the attic, where she now spent most of her time.


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[Assistant] She painted her boys several times until they no longer thought it was fun or interesting.


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[Assistant] She began to paint the servants and the nurse.


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[Assistant] As she painted, she would often sing the song that Robert used to sing while they walked on the beach. It reminded her of the summer. She could see the beach, the islands, and the moon at night. And she could hear the water. Some days she would feel very happy.


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[Assistant] Without knowing what it was that made her happy.


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[Assistant] On those days she liked to wander around, outside, and dream. On those days she was able to paint quite well. Other days, however, were unhappy ones. On those days she could do very little.


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[Assistant] On those days, nothing seemed worth doing, not even living.


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[Assistant] I'll say, asked Edna why she was behaving so differently lately.


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[Assistant] She had never so often been in such a good mood.


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[Assistant] He asked, sitting next to her in front of the fire


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[Assistant] Occasionally playing with the hair that threatened to hang down over her eyes. She did not mind this at all.


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[Assistant] I'm trying to find out what kind of person I am.


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[Assistant] He suggested moving his fingers along her face now.


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[Assistant] But I'm sure that you would say only nice things about me. That's not helpful.


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[Assistant] Miss Rice said something strange to me today, just as I was leaving.


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[Assistant] She said that she hoped my wings were strong enough to keep me flying high above the customs and habits of society.


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[Assistant] For it is so sad to see little tired and injured birds fall back to the ground.


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[Assistant] Asked Aroban. They looked at each other for a while.


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[Assistant] Both faces glowing in the gold light of the fire. Then Aroban kissed her.


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[Assistant] Edna kissed him back and even put her hands on his head to keep him there longer. When he left, Edna became lost in her thoughts.


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[Assistant] She felt many things all at the same time.


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[Assistant] She was aware of the disapproval that both her husband and Robert would feel if they had known about the kiss. But even more than that.


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[Assistant] She felt that she understood what it meant to be alive and she was a little disappointed.


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[Assistant] For the kiss she had just experienced had no love in it.


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[Assistant] The next day, without having received any permission from her husband, Edna began to pack her things to move. She was very anxious to go.


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[Assistant] Her husband's home did not seem to want her there.


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[Assistant] He had prepared himself for the possibility that she might behave strangely toward him. He remained calm when she greeted him a little coldly.


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[Assistant] As she was trying to take down a picture that had been placed high up on the wall


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[Assistant] After several minutes of polite arguing, Edna finally agreed.


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[Assistant] To let Aroban deal with taking down the pictures. He made a joke of wearing a bandana the way that women do when they clean. Everyone laughed at how funny he looked. When he finished with the pictures, he joined Edna in the living room where she was helping her servant clean.


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[Assistant] He asked, No, that's it. My servant can finish everything else.


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[Assistant] We won't see each other before the dinner, I'm afraid. However


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[Assistant] She said this with a little smile on her face. That gave Aroban hope that she might actually find time to be with him earlier than that.


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[Assistant] I'm sorry to be impolite, Mr. Markham, but I cannot take the book unless I pay you for it.


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[Assistant] I will gladly take it if you will let me pay for it.


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[Assistant] Then I will take the book. But remember...


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[Assistant] What do you think of this surprising news about Mrs. Graham?


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[Assistant] Don't ask me. I can't explain it.


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[Assistant] Some silly news that someone invented, I'm sure.


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[Assistant] I hadn't heard the news until Eliza told me the other day. I won't believe it, however. I know Mrs. Graham too well.


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[Assistant] Will you please change seats with me, Miss Markham? I don't want to sit by Mrs. Graham.


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[Assistant] If your mama thinks it polite to invite such a person to her house, then her daughter will have to sit near her, not I.


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[Assistant] Can you tell me then, who was her husband, or if she ever had a husband?


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[Assistant] Have you ever noticed how much her son looks like?


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[Assistant] I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr. Markham.


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[Assistant] I do not know how they can continue for so long.


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[Assistant] Is it that they think they must talk continually to be polite?


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[Assistant] Look at those beautiful flowers and the sunlight shining behind them.


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[Assistant] I almost wish I were not a painter. Why so? Instead of enjoying the beautiful scenery.


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[Assistant] I am always troubled about how to paint such a scene.


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[Assistant] For it is impossible to recreate what I see.


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[Assistant] Bedtime Reading White Fang Chapter 1 The Journey The weather was extremely cold.


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[Assistant] The river was frozen Snow covered the trees The place was silent and sad


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[Assistant] A group of dogs were running on the frozen river.


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[Assistant] It was so cold that when the dogs breathed their breath froze.


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[Assistant] There was a very large wooden box on the sled.


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[Assistant] As well as some camping things like blankets and pots Two men were with the dogs


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[Assistant] One walked in front of the dogs, and the other walked behind the sled. Inside the box there was a third man. This man, however, was dead.


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[Assistant] The two men were wearing very thick clothes to keep their bodies warm. Their breath also froze as they breathed.


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[Assistant] Suddenly the men heard a sound from somewhere far away. It sounded like an animal cry. The two men then looked at each other and nodded. They heard the cry again. It was coming from behind them. Then they heard a third cry. Somewhere to the left of the second cry.


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[Assistant] They are following us, said the man in front of the sled. They are looking for a food. They are hungry, said the other man.


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[Assistant] The men soon stopped the sled and the dogs. They made a camp for the night.


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[Assistant] They sat next to a fire with their sled dogs.


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[Assistant] The dogs are staying very close to the camp.


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[Assistant] The other man, Henry, made coffee in a pot on top of the fire.


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[Assistant] When he sat by Bill to begin eating, he said,


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[Assistant] They know that they are safe with us. Besides, they would rather eat than be eaten.


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[Assistant] Did you notice that the dogs were very anxious when I fed them tonight?


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[Assistant] Yes, said Henry. They did seem more upset than usual.


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[Assistant] How many dogs do we have, Henry? said Bill. Six, said Henry.


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[Assistant] Well, Henry, I also know that we have six dogs. I took six fish out of the bag to give to the dogs. I gave one fish to each dog. But when I got to the last dog, I was missing one fish. I think there was another dog. A seventh dog that ate one of the fish, said Bill. Henry looked at the dogs.


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[Assistant] There's only six, he said. I saw the seventh dog run away, said Bill. I know I saw seventh.


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[Assistant] I looked in the snow and I saw its footprints. Henry fearfully looked at Bill. Do you think it was one of them? He asked. Suddenly they heard another cry. Bill nodded his head. They could now hear more cries. The dogs were scared.


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[Assistant] and they stayed very close together and stood near the fire


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[Assistant] Bill pointed to the large box on the sled and said, He is much luckier than us. If you or I died, no one would care.


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[Assistant] They couldn't pay for a long distance funeral like this.


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[Assistant] I don't understand how a rich young man like this guy would want to leave his comfortable home and come to a horrible place like this," said Bill. The dogs were now very afraid, Bill said. We only have three bullets left in our gun. Also, the weather has been extremely cold. It's been 50 degrees below zero.


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[Assistant] Negative forty five degrees celsius for two weeks. I wish that this journey was over now. The men went to sleep.


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[Assistant] The dogs began to make very loud noises and Bill woke up. He saw seven dogs again. In the morning, Bill asked Henry, How many dogs do we have? Six, Henry answered. Wrong, said Bill. We have five now. Fatty is not here. He always was a stupid dog.


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[Assistant] Why did he run away? The other dogs won't run away.


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[Assistant] From the moose's side, just behind his front leg, an Indian feathered arrow end stuck out. This explained his bad temper.


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[Assistant] guided by the instinct of the hunting animals which came from the primitive world.


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[Assistant] Buck knew that the wounded were easy to kill.


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[Assistant] He started to cut the moose away from the rest of the band. It was no easy job.


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[Assistant] He would bark and dance about in front of the moose.


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[Assistant] Just out of reach of the great horns and the terrible strong legs which could kick the life out of him in one movement.


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[Assistant] Unable to turn his back on danger, the moose would become angrier and angrier.


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[Assistant] At such moments he charged toward Buck, who would retreat, pulling the moose further away from the others.


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[Assistant] But whenever the moose became separated from the band,


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[Assistant] Two or three younger males would arrive to defend him, allowing the wounded moose to rejoin the others. There is patience among animals in the wild.


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[Assistant] Stubborn, tireless, and never-ending as life itself, that holds motionless for hours the spider in its web, the tiger in the bushes.


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[Assistant] This patience belongs only to life when it hunts for its living food.


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[Assistant] It belonged to Buck as he kept behind the group of moose, slowing its march.


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[Assistant] Bothering the younger moose worrying the mothers with their half-grown babies and driving the wounded moose crazy with anger. For half a day this continued.


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[Assistant] Buck made his presence even larger by attacking from all sides.


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[Assistant] Surrounding the group in a circle of danger, cutting away the wounded moose before it could rejoin the others.


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[Assistant] Most importantly, he was wearing down the patience of the other moose.


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[Assistant] And theirs was the patience of the hunted, which is always shorter than the hunters.


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[Assistant] As the day wore along and the sun dropped to its bed in the Northwest,


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[Assistant] The darkness had come back and the fall nights were six hours long.


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[Assistant] The young moose became less willing to come to the aid of the wounded one.


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[Assistant] The soon approaching winter was hurrying them down into the safety of the valley.


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[Assistant] And it seemed that they could never shake off this tireless animal that held them back. Besides, it was not the life of the group or of the young babies that was in danger. The life of only one member was demanded and in the end they were happy to pay the price.


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[Assistant] As twilight came on, the old moose stood with lowered head, watching his mates, the cows he had known, the babies he was a father to, the other moose he had mastered,


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[Assistant] As they moved on at a fast speed through the fading light. He could not follow.


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[Assistant] For before his nose was the long-toothed animal that would not let him go. The moose weighed more than half a ton.


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[Assistant] And he had lived a long strong life full of fight and struggle.


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[Assistant] And at the end he faced death at the teeth of an animal that did not reach beyond his great knees. From then on, day and night, Buck never left the moose, never gave it a moment's rest.


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[Assistant] Never allowed it to stop and eat the leaves of trees or the new grass that grew.


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[Assistant] As a last attempt, the moose would burst into a run.


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[Assistant] At such times Buck did not stop him, but ran easily behind him, satisfied with the way the game was played.


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[Assistant] Lying down with the moose stood still and attacking him when he tried to eat or drink.


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[Assistant] The great head fell lower and lower under the weight of the great horns, and the moose's run became weaker and weaker.


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[Assistant] He took to standing for a long time with nose to the ground and ears dropping.


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[Assistant] Buck found more time in which to get water and to rest. At such moments, breathing with his red tongue hanging out,


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[Assistant] It appeared to Buck that a change was coming over the face of things. He could feel a new wind in the air.


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[Assistant] As the moose were coming into the land, other kinds of life were coming in.


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[Assistant] Forest and stream and air seemed filled with their presence.


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[Assistant] The news of it came in upon him, not by sight or sound or smell, but by some other softer sense.


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[Assistant] He heard nothing, saw nothing, but knew that the land was different. He knew that strange things were happening.


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[Assistant] and he decided to check on things after he had finished with his present business


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[Assistant] At last, at the end of his fourth day, he pulled the great moose down.


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[Assistant] For one day and one night he stayed by his kill, eating and sleeping, turning away and then back again. Then, rested and strong, he turned his face toward Camp and John Thornton. He broke into an easy run and went on hour after hour, never losing his direction, heading straight for home through strange country,


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[Assistant] With certain knowledge of where to go that man did not have.


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[Assistant] As he continued to travel, he became more and more aware of the new change in the land.


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[Assistant] There was life throughout it that was different from the life he had known during the summer.


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[Assistant] No longer was this information carried to him in a mysterious, quiet way. The birds sang of it. The animals talked about it.


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[Assistant] And the very wind whispered it to him. Several times he stopped and breathed in the fresh air in great breaths.


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[Assistant] Reading a message in it that made him increase his speed toward home.


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[Assistant] A sense of danger and something gone wrong weighed upon him.


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[Assistant] And as he crossed the last river and dropped into the valley toward camp, he went ahead with great care.


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[Assistant] Three miles away he came upon a fresh trail that sent the hair on his neck straight up. It led straight toward camp and John Thornton. Buck hurried on, quickly and quietly.


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[Assistant] Every nerve alert to the many details which told a story, all but the end.


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[Assistant] Which flattened itself against a grey branch as if trying to become part of the tree.


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[Assistant] As Buck continued with the presence of a moving shadow, his nose was suddenly jerked by a strong smell as if it had been grabbed.


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[Assistant] He followed the new scent into the bushes and there he found Nigg. He was lying on his side, dead, where he had dragged himself.


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[Assistant] An arrow sticking out of both sides of his body.


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[Assistant] A hundred yards farther on, Buck came upon one of the sled dogs that John Thornton had bought in Dawson. This dog was still weakly moving, rolling about as if trying to escape death, and Buck passed around him without stopping.


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[Assistant] From the camp came the distant sound of many voices, rising and falling as if singing.


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[Assistant] Moving low on his stomach to the edge of a clearing, he found Hans lying on his face, covered with arrows.


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[Assistant] At the same instant Buck looked to where their house had been, and what he saw made all his muscles harden, sending a shock through his body. A wave of great anger came over him. He did not know that he growled.


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[Assistant] But he growled out loud with a terrible sound for the last time in his life.


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[Assistant] He allowed his feeling to win over his cleverness and reason.


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[Assistant] And it was because of his great love for John Thornton that he lost his head.


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[Assistant] The Yehat Indians were dancing about the ruins of the camp.


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[Assistant] Throwing himself upon them with the purpose to destroy. He sprang at the first man. It was the leader of the Ehots.


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[Assistant] Ripping the throat wide open until a fountain of blood burst out.


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[Assistant] He did not pause to worry about the leader, but attacked in passing with the next jump tearing wide the throat of a second man. There was no stopping him.


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[Assistant] He threw himself among them, tearing and ripping.


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[Assistant] Then fear and panic took hold of the yeehawts.


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[Assistant] And they ran in terror to the woods, shouting as they ran about an evil spirit. And truly was Buck a devil, chasing after them and dragging them down, one by one, as they raced through the trees. It was a sad day for the Ehats. They ran far and wide over the country.


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[Assistant] And it was not till a week later that the last of their survivors gathered together in a lower valley to count how many men they had lost. As for Buck, growing tired of the chase, he returned to the empty ruined camp.


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[Assistant] He found Pete where he had been killed in his blankets. He had been surprised during his sleep. Thornton's fight was written all over the ground, and Buck smelled everything that happened, down to the edge of a deep water pool. By the edge, head and front feet in the water, lay Skeet, faithful to the last.


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[Assistant] The pool itself, muddy and colored, hid what it contained. And it contained John Thornton. For Buck followed the smell into the water, and no smell led away from there.


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[Assistant] All day Buck sat by the pool crying or sadly walked around the now empty camp.


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[Assistant] He knew that John Thornton was dead, and he understood death.


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[Assistant] He had seen it many times and knew that it was the passing out and away from the lives of the living.


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[Assistant] But he had never felt the pain of empty space that he felt now. There was a great emptiness in him.


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[Assistant] A little like hunger, except it ached and ached and he knew that food could not fill it.


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[Assistant] At times, when he came across the dead bodies of the Yeehawt Indians that he had killed, he forgot the pain of it.


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[Assistant] And at such times, he was aware of a great pride in himself.


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[Assistant] A pride greater than any he had yet experienced. He had killed man, the highest of animals.


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[Assistant] And he had killed according to the law of club and tooth. He sniffed their bodies with interest. They had died so easily.


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[Assistant] It was harder to kill a husky dog than man. They were no match at all


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[Assistant] Except that they had arrows and knives and clubs.


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[Assistant] From then on, he would not be afraid of man except when they carried in their hands their arrows, knives, and clubs. Night came on.


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[Assistant] And a full moon rose high over the trees into the sky. It lit up the land like a ghostly lamp and with the coming of night, crying and sitting by the pool,


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[Assistant] Buck became aware of a new presence and movement in the forest.


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[Assistant] He knew that what he sensed was not the Yeehawt Indians. He stood up, listening and smelling the air.


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[Assistant] From far away came a soft, sharp howl.


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[Assistant] Followed by many short, similar howls.


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[Assistant] Buck knew them as things heard in that other world, forever held in his memory.


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[Assistant] He walked to the center of the open space and listened. It was the call.


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[Assistant] The many noted call, sounding more attractive and forceful than ever before. And as never before, he was ready to obey. John Thornton was dead. The last tie was broken.


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[Assistant] Man and the claims of men no longer held him. Hunting their living meat.


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[Assistant] As the yeehawts were hunting it on the trail of the wandering moose.


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[Assistant] The wolf pack had crossed over from the land of forest and rivers and entered Bucks Valley.


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[Assistant] Into the clear space lit by the moonlight they came, pouring in like a silver flood, and in the center stood Buck, motionless as a statue, waiting for their coming.


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[Assistant] Then the bravest one leaped straight for him. Like lightning Buck struck, breaking the wolf's neck. Then he stood without movement as before, the wounded wolf rolling in pain beside him. Three others tried to strike at Buck, one after the other.


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[Assistant] And one after the other, they had to draw back.


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[Assistant] Crowding them together, blocked and confused by their readiness to pull down the new animal they saw before them. But Buck was not frightened by their numbers.


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[Assistant] His wonderful quickness and movement gave him a great advantage.


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[Assistant] Turning on his back legs and snapping and cutting with his teeth, he was everywhere at once.


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[Assistant] To the pack, it seemed as if he was a solid, unbroken line of many dogs. So quickly did he move. They could not break through this line.


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[Assistant] But he had to stop the pack from getting behind him.


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[Assistant] So he slowly moved backwards down past the pool until he had his back against a high dirt wall shaped like a corner.


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[Assistant] This dirt wall had been made during the man's camp, and here Buck stood, defending himself on three sides.


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[Assistant] And so well did he defend himself that at the end of half an hour the wolves had drawn back, disappointed and wounded. The tongues of all, because of heavy breathing, were rolling outside of their mouths, and their white teeth glowed cruelly in the white moonlight.


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[Assistant] Some were lying down with heads and ears pushed forward.


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[Assistant] Others stood on their feet watching him, and still others were drinking water from the pool.


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[Assistant] One wolf, long and lean and gray, came forward in a friendly manner with great caution.


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[Assistant] And as Buck whined in return, they touch noses.


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[Assistant] Then, an old gray wolf, thin and with many scars of numerous battles, came forward.


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[Assistant] At first, Buck's lips drew back from his teeth.


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[Assistant] He came out of his corner, and the pack crowded around him, sniffing in a half friendly, half wild manner.


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[Assistant] The leaders of the pack lifted up the bark of the pack and away they sprang into the woods. The wolves followed behind them barking in rhythm.


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[Assistant] And Buck ran with them, side by side with the wild brother, barking as he ran. And here may well end the story of Buck.


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[Assistant] Not many years had passed before the Ehad Indians, who lived in that area, noticed a change in the appearance of the wolves.


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[Assistant] Some were seen with splashes of brown on head and nose, and with a line of white that ran down the center of the chest.


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[Assistant] But more amazing than this, the ehots tell of a ghost dog that runs at the head of the pack. They are afraid of this ghost dog, for it has more cleverness than they do.


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[Assistant] It can steal food from their camps in the hardest of winters, take animals caught in their traps, kill their dogs, and hide from their best hunters. But the story also grows worse.


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[Assistant] Many hunters who failed to return to camp.


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[Assistant] are found by their Indian brothers with throats ripped cruelly open and with wolf prints all around them.


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[Assistant] Prints larger than the prints of other wolf feet.


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[Assistant] Each fall, when the yihats follow the movements of the moose, there is a certain valley which they never enter, and


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[Assistant] Many women suddenly become sad when the story begins around the night fire


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[Assistant] About how the evil spirit came to choose that valley for its resting place.


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[Assistant] In the summers, there is one visitor, however, to that valley of which the Ehots do not know. It is a great, beautiful wolf.


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[Assistant] Like and yet unlike all the other wolves.


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[Assistant] He crosses alone from the smiling forest land.


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[Assistant] and comes down into an open space among the trees


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[Assistant] Here the river turns yellow, flowing out from old sacks and pieces of wood.


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[Assistant] Through the sacks long grass grows, and other forms of plants,


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[Assistant] Hiding what is underneath from sight and the sun. Here he sits and thinks for a while.


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[Assistant] Then he points his nose to the stars and howls once, long and sadly, before he leaves again. But he is not always alone.


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[Assistant] When the long winter nights come on and the wolves follow their meat into the lower valleys,


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[Assistant] Leaping huge among his mates, his great throat is full as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack.


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[Assistant] A few white men lived at Fort Yukon all of the time.


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[Assistant] They looked down upon the other white men who came to Fort Yukon for only a few days.


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[Assistant] The white men that were at Fort Yukon all of the time felt that they were strong men. They thought that the other men were weak.


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[Assistant] Because these men lived in Fort Yukon for many years and were still alive, they had a lot of pride.


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[Assistant] The Fort Yukon man enjoyed watching the other men suffer.


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[Assistant] Each time a new ship came to Fort Yukon, the men were happy.


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[Assistant] They loved to watch White Fang and the other dogs attack and kill the other white men's dogs. Every time a ship came, they were very excited. Therefore, many Fort Yukon men knew about White Fang. They knew that White Fang was a good fighter.


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[Assistant] There was one Fort Yukon man that really loved to watch White Fang fight.


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[Assistant] As White Fang attacked the other white men's dogs,


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[Assistant] This man would get very excited and shout with joy. As soon as a ship came to Fort Yukon, he would run to watch White Fang. Then when the fight was over, he would sadly leave. He wanted White Fang. This man's name was Beauty Smith. Beauty was not his real name.


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[Assistant] No one at Fort Yukon knew his real name, so they called him Beauty. It was a joke that he was called Beauty.


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[Assistant] This was because he was actually extremely ugly. Nature was very cruel to him. He was a very small short man. His head was quite small, but it had a strange shape.


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[Assistant] It was long and the top of his head was pointed. His forehead was very large and wide. His eyes were very large. His jaw and chin were huge. His teeth were large and yellow.


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[Assistant] He was so ugly that people were shocked when they saw him. Not only was Beauty Smith ugly, he was also very cruel and mean. He had no friends. The other men did not trust him. They were even a little afraid of him. Beauty Smith really wanted to own White Fang.


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[Assistant] Every time that Beauty Smith saw White Fang, he would walk to him. White Fang was angry about this. He did not like Beauty Smith. He showed his teeth and growled at him.


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[Assistant] White Fang could feel that Beauty Smith was evil and bad. One day, Beauty Smith came to visit Grey Beaver. Before he arrived, White Fang knew Beauty Smith was coming. White Fang could hear and smell him. Therefore, he was very uncomfortable, so he walked to the edge of the camp. He watched Grey Beaver and Beauty Smith talk. Beauty Smith pointed to White Fang.


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[Assistant] White Fang was afraid and ran into the forest. Grey Beaver did not want to sell White Fang. Because he had sold many things to the white people, Grey Beaver had a lot of money. Therefore, he did not need Beauty Smith's money.


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[Assistant] Besides, White Fang was the best sled dog that Grey Beaver had ever seen. Also, he could fight better than any dog he had ever seen.


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[Assistant] Beauty Smith left Grey Beaver's camp. He had a plan.


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[Assistant] For the next several days he visited Grey Beaver many times. Every time he came, he gave Grey Beaver a bottle of wine. Grey Beaver loved the wine very much. He drank the wine. When he finished drinking the wine, he wanted more wine. He loved to be drunk. He began to buy a lot of wine. He spent a lot of his money.


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[Assistant] After many days, Grey Beaver discovered that he had spent all of his money on wine. Then, Beauty Smith came to visit Grey Beaver. Grey Beaver agreed to sell White Fing.


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[Assistant] He did not see Beauty Smith that day, so he was happy. As soon as White Fang lay on the ground to relax, Grey Beaver walked to White Fang. He put a rope on White Fang's neck. Then White Fang heard Beauty Smith walking to the camp. White Fang became very upset.


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[Assistant] He tried to get the rope off of his neck, but it was too tight.


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[Assistant] He stood next to White Fang and stared at him. White Fang was frightened and angry. He showed his teeth and growled.


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[Assistant] Beauty Smith was holding a club. Grey Beaver gave the rope to Beauty Smith. Beauty Smith walked away pulling the rope.


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[Assistant] White Fang did not get up. He did not move. Therefore, Beauty Smith stopped walking.


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[Assistant] Grey Beaver hit White Fang. White Fang got up. Then suddenly he ran to attack Beauty Smith. Beauty Smith used the club to hit White Fang. White Fang fell to the ground. Grey Beaver laughed at this. Beauty Smith began to walk again.


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[Assistant] This time when he pulled the rope, White Fang obeyed.


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[Assistant] He walked slowly and sadly away from Grey Beaver. He growled quietly. As they walked, Beauty Smith held the club. He was ready to beat White Fang.


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[Assistant] Beauty Smith and White Fang arrived at Beauty Smith's house. Beauty Smith tied the rope to the house. Then Beauty Smith went inside to sleep. For an hour, White Fang sat next to the house. Then, White Fang began to chew the rope. Within ten seconds, he broke the rope. He returned to Grey Beaver's camp.


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[Assistant] He did not understand that he now belonged to Beauty Smith. He had always been with Grey Beaver. Therefore, he still thought that he belonged to Grey Beaver.


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[Assistant] The next morning, Beauty Smith came to the camp. Again, Grey Beaver tied a rope to White Fang. He gave the rope to Beauty Smith. This time, Beauty Smith began to beat White Fang. He beat White Fang for a long time.


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[Assistant] Since White Fang was tied to a rope, he could not escape the beating.


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[Assistant] After the beating, Beauty Smith took White Fang to his house. Beauty Smith again tied White Fang to his house. White Fang could not forget Grey Beaver. He could not control his thoughts. He wanted to return to Grey Beaver again. Because he had lived with Grey Beaver so long, he could not live with another man. Therefore, again he chewed the rope. The rope broke.


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[Assistant] This time, Beauty Smith beat White Fang for a very long time.


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[Assistant] Beauty Smith had to wait a long time for White Fang to have enough strength to walk. Finally, when White Fang was strong enough he followed Beauty Smith. They arrived at Beauty Smith's house.


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[Assistant] Beauty Smith then put a thick chain on White Fang's neck. White Fang could not break the chain. After that,


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[Assistant] White Fang had no chance to return to Grey Beaver. He never saw Grey Beaver again.


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[Assistant] I was surprised and disappointed to see when everyone returned, that I had not been missed. No one made any jokes about my disappearance. In fact, no one said anything at all about it.


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[Assistant] I guess that the children had asked Mrs. Groves not to mention anything to me. As tea time approached, I managed to meet with her alone in the servants' room.


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[Assistant] I can still remember the way I found her quietly sitting and looking into the fire and the fireplace.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Groves, being a very simple woman, did not know the reason I was talking about.


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[Assistant] She is such a charming woman, and so is your sister, Mrs. John Dashwood. They are both delightful women indeed.


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[Assistant] You have never before told me how charming your sister is.


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[Assistant] Now Edward and I will be able to meet often, for Lady Middleton was quite fond of Mrs. Dashwood, so I believe we will all spend a great deal of time together.


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[Assistant] I'm sure if you tell your sister, Mrs. John Dashwood, that I think she's a charming woman, you will not speak too highly.


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[Assistant] And I know that when she does not dislike someone, her dislike is great.


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[Assistant] Could she not see that we wanted her gone? Poor Edward.


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[Assistant] Without upsetting Lady Middleton as they spend every day with her.


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[Assistant] Otherwise I would be quite glad to invite your sisters. Right now however they are guests of Lady Middleton.


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[Assistant] My love, I would ask them if I could, but I just asked this Miss Steeles to spend a few days with us. They are very well behaved, good girls, and I think we should know them better. We can ask your sisters some other year.