THE CALL OF THE WILD

by Jack London

Chapter I.
Into the Primitive

"Old longings nomadic leap,
Chafing at custom's chain;
Again from its brumal sleep
Wakens the ferine strain."

Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have
known that trouble was brewing, not alone for
himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of
muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound
to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic
darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because
steamship and transportation companies were
booming the find, thousands of men were rushing
into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the
dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong
muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect
them from the frost.


Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa
Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was called. It
stood back from the road, half hidden among the
trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the
wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides. The
house was approached by gravelled driveways which
wound about through wide-spreading lawns and
under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars. At the
rear things were on even a more spacious scale than at
the front. There were great stables, where a dozen
grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad
servants' cottages, an endless and orderly array of
outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures,
orchards, and berry patches. Then there was the
pumping plant for the artesian well, and the big
cement tank where Judge Miller's boys took their
morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon.



Ting gi ni hoang d

Jack London

Chng 1
Vo ci nguyn thu

"i kht vng xa t tri rng bc
Gin thi thng xch cht ta lao t
m ng lnh t gic nng mng c
Li bng si huyt thng ca hoang vu!

Bc khng h c bo, ch nu c c th hn bit
l sp gay go n ni ri, khng ch gay go cho ring
n, m cn cho c h hng nh ch vng duyn hi,
t vnh Piugt Xao n tn Xan ig th ch c bp
tht rn kho v b lng dy m p. y l bi v con
ngi, qua qu trnh d dm gia t tri ti tm
vng Bc Cc, tm thy 1 th kim loi mu vng
v bi v cc cng ty tu bin v vn ti kho rm ln
v s pht hin , cho nn c hng ngn ngi
v x vo vng t phng Bc. Nhng con ngi
cn c ch, m th ch h cn l th ch c ln, c
bp tht rn kho m lao ng nng nhc, v c b
lng dy rm rp m chng vi gi tuyt.

Bc sng trong 1 khu nh rng ln gia thung lng
Kanta Clara ngp nng. Ngi ta gi l trang tri
ca ngi thm phn Mil. Khu nh xa ng ci,
hi khut trong lm cy rm. Qua k l c th nhn
thy thp thong hng hin rng, mt ri chy sut 4
bn nh. T ngoi vo n nh nhng con ng xe
chy ri si, ln quanh co qua my bi c rng, di
nhng lp cnh xen nhau ca nhng hng bch
dng cao ln. Khu ng sau, t ai cn rng bt
ngt hn. C nhng chung nga ln, hn chc
ngi chn gi nga h ht m , nhiu dy ln tri
cho y t c dy nh leo kn mi, 1 dy nh ngang
ngn np di dng dc, nhng ch ngi mt di gin
nho di, nhng bi c xanh rn, vn cy n qu v
nhng khm du. Ri th cn c c 1 trm bm cho
chic ging phun, v 1 b ln xy bng xi-mng, l
ni cc cu con trai nh thm phn Mi-l nho ln
mi bui sng v ngm mnh cho mt trong nhng



bui chiu nng nc.

And over this great demesne Buck ruled. Here he was
born, and here he had lived the four years of his life.
It was true, there were other dogs, There could not
but be other dogs on so vast a place, but they did not
count. They came and went, resided in the populous
kennels, or lived obscurely in the recesses of the
house after the fashion of Toots, the Japanese pug, or
Ysabel, the Mexican hairless,--strange creatures that
rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground. On
the other hand, there were the fox terriers, a score of
them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots
and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and
protected by a legion of housemaids armed with
brooms and mops.




But Buck was neither house-dog nor kennel-dog. The
whole realm was his. He plunged into the swimming
tank or went hunting with the Judge's sons; he
escorted Mollie and Alice, the Judge's daughters, on
long twilight or early morning rambles; on wintry
nights he lay at the Judge's feet before the roaring
library fire; he carried the Judge's grandsons on his
back, or rolled them in the grass, and guarded their
footsteps through wild adventures down to the
fountain in the stable yard, and even beyond, where
the paddocks were, and the berry patches. Among the
terriers he stalked imperiously, and Toots and Ysabel
he utterly ignored, for he was king,--king over all
creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller's
place, humans included.





His father, Elmo, a huge St. Bernard, had been the
Judge's inseparable companion, and Buck bid fair to
follow in the way of his father. He was not so
large,--he weighed only one hundred and forty
pounds,--for his mother, Shep, had been a Scotch
shepherd dog. Nevertheless, one hundred and forty
pounds, to which was added the dignity that comes of
good living and universal respect, enabled him to

Vy m Bc ta ng tr c ci dinh c rng ln ny.
Ti ni y Bc sinh ra, v cng ti ni y Bc
tri qua 4 nm tui i ca n. D nhin cng cn c
nhng con ch khc. Gia 1 ni rng bt ngt th
ny, khng th khng c thm nhiu nhng con ch
khc c, nhng chng khng ng m xa ti.
Chng lng xng, sng chen chc trong nhng chic
ci hay trong nhng x xnh no ca khu nh, t ai
nhn thy, c 1 con ch l ch Tt, loi ch Nht Bn
ln tt, 1 con khc l Idaben, loi ch Mhic
tri lng - nhng ging ch k quc him khi thy
chng l ra khi ca hay t chn xung t. Ngoi
ra, cn c l ch sn co, t ra cng vi chc con:
chng thng sa ln nhng ting gh s do con Tt
v Idaben mi khi bn ny th u ra ca s nhn
chng, v 2 con c c 1 on con v trang bng
chi v cn ti lau sn bo v.

Nhng Bc khng phi l hng ch chui rc trong
nh, cng khng phi l hng ch nht trong ci.
Ton b vng quc ny l ca Bc. N cng ngp
ln trong b bi hoc cng i sn vi cc cu con trai
ca ng Thm. N h tng Mo-li v -lx, cc c con
gi ca ng Thm, trong nhng bui do chi dng
di ca 2 c vo bui hong hn hoc sng tinh m.
Nhng m gi lnh, n nm di di chn ng ch
trc ngn la l si rng rc trong phng c
sch. N cng nhng a chu ca ng ch trn lng,
hoc a vi chng ln trn trn c, v canh gi tng
bc chn ca bn tr khi chng mo him m ra n
vi nc sn chung nga, hay c khi xa hn na,
n tn cc bi c chn nga v m t trng du. Khi
i qua l ch sn, Bc bc trkng oai v. Cn i vi
bn con Tt v Idaben th Bc hon ton pht l. V
Bc l vua m! Vua ca mi th sinh vt b,
lt v bay, k c con ngi na, trong ci trang tri
ny ca ngi thm phn Mi-l.

B ca Bc, tn gi En-m, l 1 con ch ni Xanh
Bc-na khng l, tng l bn khng kht ca ngi
Thm, cn Bc c y trin vng ni gt b. N
khng tht to ln bng b - Bc ch nng c 140 pao -
bi v Sp, m ca Bc, ch l 1 con ch chn cu ni
Xctlen. Tuy nhin, nng 140 pao, li cng thm v
chng chc ng hong nh cuc sng sung tc v
c mi loi knh n, to cho Bc 1 phong cch



carry himself in right royal fashion. During the four tht ng l vng gi. Trong 4 nm tri t khi sinh
years since his puppyhood he had lived the life of a
sated aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, was
even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen
sometimes become because of their insular situation.
But he had saved himself by not becoming a mere
pampered house-dog. Hunting and kindred outdoor
delights had kept down the fat and hardened his
muscles; and to him, as to the cold-tubbing races, the
ra, Bc sng cuc i ca 1 nh qu tc c tho
mn mi iu. N rt i kiu hnh v mnh. Thm
ch c phn no t cho mnh l ng c tn - nh
cc ngi trng gi nng thn thnh thong cng tr
nn nh vy, do hon cnh ch ngi y ging ca
cc ngi. Th nhng, n trnh cho mnh khi tr
thnh 1 ging ch nh ch quen c nung chiu.
Nhng cuc i sn v nhng cuc vui chi ngoi tri
love of water had been a tonic and a health preserver. tng t ngn khng cho m pht trin v gip
cho cc bp tht ca n tr nn rn chc. V i vi
n, cng nh i vi mi loi thch tm trong bn
nc lnh, vic yu thch nc l 1 mn thuc b
gip gi gn sc kho.

And this was the manner of dog Buck was in the fall of
1897, when the Klondike strike dragged men from all
the world into the frozen North. But Buck did not read
the newspapers, and he did not know that
Manuel, one of the gardener's helpers, was an
undesirable acquaintance. Manuel had one besetting
sin. He loved to play Chinese lottery. Also, in his
gambling, he had one besetting weakness--faith in a
system; and this made his damnation certain. For to
play a system requires money, while the wages of a
gardener's helper do not lap over the needs of a wife
and numerous progeny.


The Judge was at a meeting of the Raisin Growers'
Association, and the boys were busy organizing an
athletic club, on the memorable night of Manuel's
treachery. No one saw him and Buck go off through
the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a
stroll. And with the exception of a solitary man, no
one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as
College Park. This man talked with Manuel, and
money chinked between them.


"You might wrap up the goods before you deliver
'm," the stranger said gruffly, and Manuel doubled a
piece of stout rope around Buck's neck under the
collar.

Bc l 1 con ch nh th y vo ci ma thu nm
1897, gia lc "cn st vng" Clonai ang li
cun bit bao nhiu ngi trn khp th gian lao vo
vng t phng Bc gi but. Nhng Bc li ch h
c bo v Bc cng khng bit rng Menun, 1
trong nhng ngi ph vn, l 1 ngi quen bc
c d. Menun c 1 nt xu kh cha. G mu me
chi x s Tu. Ngay trong cuc en, g li c 1
c tt: tin vo 1 li nh phn loi. iu ny chc
chn y g vo tai ho. Bi v mun chi li nh
phn loi phi c nhiu tin, m ng lng ca 1
chng ph vn th nay n vic bao cho ni nhu cu
ca v v c 1 by con cng cn khng xong na l!

ng Thm ang i d cuc hp ca Hi nhng ngi
trng nho, cn bn tr th ang bn t chc 1 cu lc b
in kinh, trong ci m ng ghi nh xy ra v
phn trc ca Menun. Chng 1 ai nhn thy
Menun cng Bc bng qua vn cy n qu chun
ra ngoi, m Bc cng tng y ch l 1 cuc do
chi bnh thng thi. Khi Menun v Bc ra n ga
xp Cltgi Pc th ch c c 1 ngi ng nhn
thy. Ngi chuyn tr vi Menun 1 chc, ri
ngi ta nghe thy tin trao i qua li xng xong.

- My c qun c n li hay khng? th m trao
? - ngi l mt ni cc cn. Menun ly 1 si dy
thng tht buc 2 vng quanh c Bc bn di ci
vng c.

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