THE (ALL OC THE WILD te the book 1 ne she i a dag called Buck It 18 set at the a century, in the North of America, which bet tr atroduces pattern. This extract is from the start of 1 ds Sif to Buck and explains how he is stolen. : ¢ brewing not alone uuble was Pack did not read the newspapers, of he would have known Aa tong hat, ffom Puget ‘Sound himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and wit ae ty meal, and bed San Diego. Because men, groping in the a ae found ads of men were ing in steamships and transportation companies were booming the find S ai s the North nd These men wanted dogs and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, muscles by which to toil and furry coats to protect them from the frost 5 "I i lace, it is called. Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley, Judge Miller's place, stood back from nd road, half-hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of wide cool verandah that ran around its four sides, The house was approached by gravelled driveway) which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars. the rear things were on even a more spacious scale than at the front, ‘There were great stables, whe dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of yine-clad ea Sa a and an endless and orde: Array of out-houses, long grape arbours, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches. Then there w the pumping, plant of the artesian well, and the big cement tank where Judge Miller's boys took tt morning plunge and kept coo! in the hot afternoon And over this great demesne Buck ruled, Here he was born and here he had lived the four years of | life. It was true, there were other dogs, There could not but be other dogs on so vé place, but did not count. They came and went, resided in the populous kennels, or lived’ob: in the rece: of the house after the fashion of Toots, the Japanese pug, or Ysabel, the Mexican hairless - § ctgatures that rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground, On the other hand, there were the fi {erviers, @ score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops. But Buck was neither house-dog or kenneldog. 7] og or kenneledog, Th ‘ é swimming tank oF went hunting with the Iudge's se realm was his. He plunged daughters, on long twilight or early mornin, Tint i u \ 1 rambles; the roaring library fire, he caried the Judge's grandsons om hig os he lay at the Judge's feet Huarded their footsteps through wild adventures down to the fountain (oe eee veyond, where the paddocks were, and the berry patches, Among natin ihe, stable ‘Toots and Ysabel he utely ignored, for he was king - king a ie be stalked creeping, crawl< of Judge Miller's place, humans included. His father, Elmo, a huge St, Bernard, had been the v;weparable companion and Buck did fair to follow in the way of his father. He was not so Jude weighed only one hundred and forty pounds - for his mother, Shep had been @ Scotch tiered dog. Nevertheless, one hundred and forty pounds, to which was added the dignity that comes Steod living and universal respect, enabled him to carry himself i right royal fashion. During the ea eevsars sine his puppyhood he had lived the life ofa sated aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, fle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation. Hunting and kindred outdoor .d himself by not becoming a mere pampered house-dog and to him, as to the cold-tubbing races, the thing Fudg' was ever a tri But he had save delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles, love of water had been a tonic and a health preserver. is was the manner of dog Buck in the fall of 1897, when the Klondike strike dragged men from did not read the newspapers, and he did not kno that Je acquaintance. Manuel had one besetting sin, he had one besetting weakness - faith in a while the wages of a And thi all the world into the frozen North. But Buck Manuel, one of the gardener's helpers, was an undesirab! He loved to play Chinese lottery. Also, in his gambling, em. and this made his damnation certain. For to play a system requires money, syst per do not lap over the needs of a wife and numerous progeny. gardner’s hel was at a meeting of the Raisin Growers' Association, and the boys were busy organising an fanuel's treachery. No one saw him and Buck go off through athletic club, on the memorable night of Mi the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a stroll Answer all the questions in full sentences and in your own words as far as possible: 1, What is being referred to as "yellow metal" ? (1) 2. Why do you think the Arctic is dark? Qe 3. What two qualities did men rushing to the Northland desire in dogs? @ 4, Explain the sentence "At the rear things were on even a more spacious scale than at the front." (2) 5, What do grooms do? Q). 6. What covered the servants’ cottages? Q) 7. What two uses did the big, cement tank have? (2). 8. Name the other types of dogs the Miller's had. (3) 9. Describe in your own words some of the things that Buck would do. (3) 10. What is meant by "inseparable companion’? Q@) 11. Buck was king over all "creeping, crawling, flying things" Give your own Q) example of one of these "things" ( (12, Write down two things that we learn about Buck's character in paragraph @).- five. @ 14. What major problem did Manuel have? 15. Give another word for "progeny" < @