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1、TheMooseandtheSparrowHughGarnerFromtheverybeginningMooseMaddonpickedonhim.ThekidwasbaitforallofMaddon'scruelpracticaljokesaroundthecamp.Hewassentbacktothetool-houseforleft-handedsaws,anddowntotheofficetoaskthepaycheateriftheday'smailwasin,thoughtherestofusknewitwasonlyflownouteveryweek.T
2、hekid'snamewasCecil,andMaddonusedtomouthitwithasimperingmockery,asifitpointedtothekidbeingsomethinglessthanaman.Imustadmitthoughthatthenamefittedhim,forCecilwastheleastlikelylumberjackI'veseeninovertwenty-fiveyearsinlumbercamps.Thoughweknewhewasintelligentenough,andamantoo,ifsmallerthanm
3、ostofus,weallkiddedhim,inthegoodnaturedwayabunkhousegangwill.Maddonhoweveralwayslispedthekid'snameasifitbelongedtoawoman.MooseMaddonwasasdifferentfromCecilasitispossiblefortwohumanbeingstobeandstillstaywithinthespecies.Hewasabigmooseofaman,evenforalumberstiff,witharoundflatunshavenfaceth
4、atlookeddownangrilyanddourlyattheworld.Cecilontheotherhandwashardlytallerthananaxe-handle,andalmostasthin.Hewasaboutnineteenyearsold,withthelooksofaninquisitivesparrowbehindhisthickhorn-rimmedglasses.Hehadbeensentouttothecampforthesummermonthsbyandistantrelativewhohadaconnectionwiththeh
5、eadofficedowninVancouver.ThatsummerwewerecuttingbigstuffinanalmostinaccessiblestandofDouglasfiraboutfiftymilesoutofNanaimo.Thelogswerecattedfivemilesdowntotheriverwheretheywerebunkedwaitingforthedrive.Cecilhadsignedonasawhistlepunk,butafterafewdaysofsnarlingtheoperationwithwrongsignalsat
6、thewrongtimeandthreateningtohangtheriggingslingersintheirownchokers,hewastransferredtoMaddon'sgangasageneralhandyman.BesidesgoingonalltheridiculousandfruitlesserrandsforMoose,hecarriedthenoongrubtothegangsfromthepaneltruckthatbroughtitoutfromthecamp,madetheteaandtookthesawsandaxesintoold
7、Bobbins,thesquinteye,tobesharpened.Forthefirsttwoweeksafterhearrived,thejokesweretheusualonespractisedonagreenhorn,butwhentheyseemedtobehavinglittleornoeffectonhisbumblinghabitsandeventemperMoosedevisedmorecruelandintricateones.OnenightMooseandacohortofhiscalledLefevreca