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Again, the rim ice
Outra vez ainda, o gelo da borda
broke away before and behind,
desprendeu-se à frente e atrás,
and there was no escape except up
e não havia fuga a não ser
the cliff. Perrault scaled
penhasco acima. Perrault
it by a miracle, while
escalou-o por milagre, enquanto
François prayed for just
François rezava justamente por
that miracle; and with every
esse milagre; e, com todas as
thong and sled lashing and
correias e amarras do trenó e o
the last bit of harness rove
último pedaço de arreio
into a long rope, the
trançados numa longa corda, os
dogs were hoisted, one by one,
cães foram içados, um a um,
to the cliff crest. François
até ao alto do penhasco. François
came up last, after the sled
subiu por último, depois do trenó
and load. Then came the search
e da carga. Depois veio a busca
for a place to descend,
de um lugar por onde descer,
which descent was ultimately made
descida que por fim se fez
cliff. Perrault scaled it by a
литицу. Перо се уз њу успео неким
miracle, while François prayed
чудом, док се Франсоа молио
for just that miracle; and with
управо за то чудо; и, кад су
every thong and sled lashing
сваки ремен, свака везива са
and the last bit of harness
саоница и последњи део запреге
rove into a long rope, the
били упредени у дугачко уже, псе
dogs were hoisted, one by
су извлачили, једног по
one, to the cliff crest.
једног, на врх литице.
François came up last, after
Франсоа се попео последњи, после
tidigt. Första dagen
tillryggalade de trettiofem miles
till Big Salmon; nästa dag
trettiofem till, till Little
Salmon; tredje dagen fyrtio
miles, vilket förde dem ett gott
stycke fram mot Five Fingers.
Buck’s feet were not so compact
Bucks fötter var inte så
and hard as the feet of the
kompakta och hårda som huskies
huskies. His had softened
fötter. Hans hade mjuknat under
during the many generations
de många generationer som
since the day his last wild
gått sedan den dag hans siste
ancestor was tamed by a
vilde förfader tämjdes av en
cave-dweller or river man.
grottmänniska eller flodmänniska.
All day long he limped in agony,
Hela dagen linkade han i kval,
and camp once made, lay
och när lägret väl var slaget
down like a dead dog.
lade han sig ner som en död hund.
Hungry as he was, he would







