Jack london
傑克·倫敦（Jack London，1876—1916年），原名“約翰·格利菲斯·查尼”。美國著名小說家，商業作家先鋒。他一生共創作了約50卷作品，最為著名的有《野性的呼喚》、《海狼》、《自牙》、《馬丁·伊登》及一係列優秀的短篇小說《老頭子同盟》、《北方的奧德賽》、《馬普希的房子》等。傑克·倫敦的短篇小說帶有傳奇浪漫色彩，描寫的通常都是太平洋島嶼和阿拉斯加冰天雪地的土著人和白人生活，大部分可說是他短暫一生的曆險記。他作品中的現實主義風格和多樣化的題材以及作家流露出的獨特個性，時常深深吸引著不同時代、不同經曆的讀者。
Eate for two days．Often he stopped to pick some small berries and put them into his mouth．The berries were tasteless，but he knew he must eat them．
In the evening he built a fire and slept like a dead man．When he woke up，the man took out a small sack．It weighed fifteen pounds．He wasn’t sure if he could carry it any longer．But he couldn’t leave it be—hind．He had to take it with him．He put it back into his pack，rose to his feet and staggered on．
Darkness fell．His blanket was wet，but he knew only that he was hungry．Through his restless sleep he dreamed of banquets and of food．
The man woke up cold and sick，and found himself lost．But the small sack was still with him．As he dragged himself along，the sack became heavier and heavier．The man opened the sack，which was full of small pieces of gold．He left half the gold on a rock．
Eleven days passed，days of rain and cold．One day he found the bones of a deer．There was no meat on them．The man broke the bones and he sucked and chewed on them like an animal．Would he，too，be bones tomorrow？Why not？This was life．Only life hurt．There was no
hurt in death．To die was to sleep．Then why was he not ready to die？
He，as a man，no longer s~ove．It was the life in him，unwilling to die，that drove him on．
One morning he woke up beside a river．Slowly he followed it with his eyes and saw it emptying into a shining sea．When he saw a ship on the sea，he closed his eyes．He knew there could be no ship，no sea，in this land．A vision，he told himself he heard a noise behind him．and turned around．A wolf，old and sick，was coming slowly toward him．This was re．al，he thought．The man turned again．His foot hurt，but it was nothing compared with his hunger，which made him go on until dark，but the sea and the ship were still there．He didn’t understand．Had he been walking noah，away from the camp，toward the sea？He stood up and started slowly toward the ship，knowing fully well the sick wolf was following him．0n the affemoon，he found some bones of a man．Beside the bones was a small sack of god，like his own．So Bill had carried ha gold to tlle end．He would carry Bill’S gold to the ship．Haha！He would have the last laugh on Bill．His laughing sounded like the low cry of an animal.