第5章LoveofLife
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Themanhadfallenintothedhadsprainedhisankle。
&ohisfriend，"Isay，Bill，waitthere。I'vesprainedmya;
Therewasnoanswer。Billhaddisappearedinthedampfog。AlthoughitwasstillAugust，thewildernesslaydloheweaklightoftheafternoonsuhedullskylihehillswerealllow-lying。Therewereherewasnothiiofearintotheman'sheart。
"Bill!"hecalledagain。"Bill!"There>
Themaohisfeet，shakingasifhehadafever。Hefoughtagainstthefeari。Hefoundhisgunwherehehaddroppeditiheinuedhiswayslowly。Thegunwasnowuseless，forhehadnoammunitionforit，buthedid。
&edhispacktohisleftshouldersoasthtankleahetopofahill。Fromtherehesawabroadvalley，emptyoflife。
&omofthevalleyy。Hepushedtofollowthetrapanion。
Thoughhewasnowalolost。Fartheraloofirail。Hewouldfollowituntilitcametotheriver，wheretheyhadlefttheiroe，weighteddownwithrodertheoewasaunitionforhisemptygun，fishhooksandlines，andasmall。Hewouldalsofindsomeflour，badbeans-notmuch，fortheyhadtakenmostoftheirfoodwiththemoripihtrylold。
Hekneaitforhimthere;thentheywouldpaddledowoaHudsonBaypanypost，wheretherewouldbewarmshelterayoffood。
&hethoughtsofthemanashelimpedalohehinkthatperhapsBillhaddesertedhim。Themanhadwodays，andnowwastheaddedfearofstarvatiooppedafewtimestoeatsomewildberries，buttheyweremostlyseedsandbitter。Hishuhehour。
&hesunhadslippedbeyondthehorizoruckhisteaillforsometimewithoutmovement。Thenheslippedoutofhispackstrapsanddraggedhimselftoasittingposition。Itwasdark，andintheliwilighthegatheredsomemoss。Whenhehadagood-sizedpile，hebuiltafireaasmallpailofwateroverthefiretoboil。
Heunedhispadthefirstthinghedidwastoatches。Thereweresixty-seveedthemthreetimestomakesure。Hedividedthemintothreesmallpacks，ingthemiingonebunhisemptytobaccopouotherbuntheinsidebandofhishat，ahirdbunderhisshirto。Hewasafraidthatifhefellieragain，allofhismatewetanduseless。
Hedriedhisfootgearbythefire。Thewetmoshadbeencuttopieces。Thesockswerewhinpladhisanklehadswollentothesizeofhiskstripfromoneofhisblasandbouightly。Hetoreotherstripsandbouhisfeetforfootwear。Hewasdhekherewouldsoohedangerofsnowandfrost。Afterthewaterheated，hedrahenhewoundhiswatdcrawledbetweenhisblalikeadeadman。
Atsixo'clockheawoke，lyingonhisback。Hegazedstraightupintothegrayskyahewashungry。Asherolledoveronhiselbow，heheardaloudsnortandsawacariboulookingathimstraheanimalwashaaway，andinstantlythemanhadthoughtsofacaribousteakfryingoverafire。Hereaptygun，aimed，arigger。Theanimalsheptygunandrana>
Themandgroanedaloudashedraggedhimselftohisfeet。Slowlyherolledhispacktogether。Helookedatthemoose-hidebagthathehispack。Itwasextraweight，aowovalueitstshadnow。However，herolledittogetherwithhispadstartedout。
Thepaininhisaerrific，butitwashatiomagerhadbeefrightful。Inalittlewhileheavalleywheresomebirdsrs，"Ker。。。ker。。。ker，"theycriedastheyflewaway。Hethrewstoheothitaone。Heplacedhispathegroualkthebirdslikeacat。
Thesharprockscutthroughhispaillhiskdbleediawareofhishurtsashishungerwassogreat。Hecursedthebirdsahemwiththeirowncry。
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。