第42章热爱生活(2)
Asthedayworeooavalleywheregamelentiful。Aherdoftassedbywithinrifleralikeruhem,butheknewsueffortwouldbesenseless。Oncehesawafoxwithabirdinitsmouth。Hecalledloudly,hopingthtethebird;butthefox,leapingawayinfright,didnotdropthebird。
Hewaswearyandofte—toliedo,buthewasdrivenonbyhishunger。Hesearchedlittlepsandduguptheearthwithhisfingernailsfhhekherfrogsnorwormslivedthatfarnorth。
Inoneareahewalkedalongacreek,lookingforfish。Inapoolhefoundasmallone。Hedippedhisarmieruptohisshoulder,butthefishgotaway。Thenhereachedforitwithbothhands,stirrihebottom。Ihefelliihewaist。Sinceheolohefish,hehadtowaituercleared。
&riedagaierbecamemuddy。Theookhistinpailaobailthepool。Hebailedwildlyatfirst,ahewaterranbatothepool。Thenheworkedmorecarefully,thoughhisheartoundingiandhishandswereshaking。Attheendofhalfanhourthepoolwasnearlydry。Buttherewasnofish。Ithadescapedbetweentheroterpool。
&edihemansatdowh。Atfirsthecriedsoftlytohimself。Thenhecriedloudlyinhishopeless。
&afireandwarmedhimselfanddraer。Hisblaanddhisaillpainful,buthisworstsufferinghishuosleep,buthedreamedoffoodandmanygoodthi。
Heawokedsick。Therewasnosun。Theairabouthimgrehilehemadeafireandboiledsomewater。It,halfrain,andtheflakesmeltedquidputouthisfire。
Bythistimehehadbeehunger-mad。Hefeltthroughthesnoulledupsomegrassroots。Hechewedtherootsbuttheyweretastelessorbitter。
Hehadnightbecausehe’tfindanydrywood,sohederhisblaosleepthebrokensleepofhuuroa。Hefeltitohenight。
&mthesuhroughthegraymist。Thenthemanrealizedhewaslost。Heturhwardtocorrecthiscourse,hopingtofindtheriverahehadhappeoBill。
Thoughhishungerpainswerenoworse,herealizedhewasgettingweaker。Hehadtostopfrequeodryandlarge,andhismouthhadabittertaste。Hisheartgavehimagreatdealoftrouble。Hecouldfeelitsthump,thump,thump;andthepaisandmadehimfeelfaint。
Inthemiddleofthedayheallfishinapoolbyusinghispail。Heatethefishraw,butthehungerpainwasnowdullandlifeless。Hisstomaetosleep。
Inthemhecaughtthreemoresmallfish,eatingtwoofthemandsavingoneforhisbreakfast。Apassed。Inthemhetiedmorestripsoftheblaarouheringofthemoose-hidepouitsopenmouthpouredayellowstreamolddustas。Heklightenhisload。Hehardlyhadthestrengthtocarrythelastremaini。Heroughlydividedthegoldintohalves。Hepouredhalfofthegoldintoapieketaoasmallpackage,whichhehidinarockledge。
Thenhewalkedooplaefootaheadoftheother。
Hefaotherdayofcoldfog。Halfofhislastblahadgoohisfeet。Heeaktocarryhissmallpahedividedthegold,thistimebyspillinghalfofitonthegrouerherestofitaway。Thereremaihehalfblainpail,hiskherifle。
Hepushedonforanhourbeforehefellintoafaint。Arousedbyanoise,heotbelievehiseyes。Beforehimstoodahorse。Ahhiseyes,hesuddenlyrealizedhewaslookingatagreatbro>
Themanbroughthisgunhalfwaytohisshoulderbeforeheremembereditwasnotloaded。Helowereditanddrewhishuntingknife,wifthebearwouldattack。Themandrewhimselfuptohisfullheight,staredatthebearahebearadvaepsaopped。Themankhebearwouldrunafterhim。Withallhismightthemanswungtheknifeandgrowledlikeananimal。Thebeardidhemysteriouscreatureand