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1、PartI:TheWildChapter1THETRAILOFTHEMEATDarkspruceforestfrownedoneithersidethefrozenwaterway.Thetreeshadbeenstrippedbyarecentwindoftheirwhitecoveringoffrost,andtheyseemedtoleantowardeachother,blackandominous,inthefadinglight.Avastsilencereignedovertheland.Thelanditse
2、lfwasadesolation,lifeless,withoutmovement,soloneandcoldthatthespiritofitwasnoteventhatofsadness.Therewasahintinitoflaughter,butofalaughtermoreterriblethananysadness--alaughterthatwasmirthlessasthesmileoftheSphinx,alaughtercoldasthefrostandpartakingofthegrimnessofin
3、fallibility.Itwasthemasterfulandincommunicablewisdomofeternitylaughingatthefutilityoflifeandtheeffortoflife.ItwastheWild,thesavage,frozen-heartedNorthlandWild.Buttherewaslife,abroadinthelandanddefiant.Downthefrozenwaterwaytoiledastringofwolfishdogs.Theirbristlyfurw
4、asrimedwithfrost.Theirbreathfrozeintheairasitlefttheirmouths,spoutingforthinspumesofvaporthatsettleduponthehairoftheirbodiesandformedintocrystalsoffrost.Leatherharnesswasonthedogs,andleathertracesattachedthemtoasledwhichdraggedalongbehind.Thesledwaswithoutrunners.I
5、twasmadeofstoutbirch-bark,anditsfullsurfacerestedonthesnow.Thefrontendofthesledwasturnedup,likeascroll,inordertoforcedownandundertheboreofsoftsnowthatsurgedlikeawavebeforeit.Onthesled,securelylashed,wasalongandnarrowoblongbox.Therewereotherthingsonthesled--blankets
6、,anaxe,andacoffee-potandfrying-pan;butprominent,occupyingmostofthespace,wasthelongandnarrowoblongbox.Inadvanceofthedogs,onwidesnowshoes,toiledaman.Attherearofthesledtoiledasecondman.Onthesled,inthebox,layathirdmanwhosetoilwasover,--amanwhomtheWildhadconqueredandbea
7、tendownuntilhewouldnevermovenorstruggleagain.ItisnotthewayoftheWildtolikemovement.Lifeisanoffencetoit,forlifeismovement;andtheWildaimsalwaystodestroymovement.Itfreezesthewatertopreventitrunningtothesea;itdrivesthesapoutofthetreestilltheyarefrozentotheirmightyhearts
8、;andmostferociouslyandterriblyofalldoestheWildharryandcrushintosubmissionman--man,whoisthemostrestlessoflife,everinrevoltagainstthedictumthatallm
