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CALL OF THE WILD JACK LONDON CHAPTER 6 (P2) Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | CALL OF THE WILD JACK LONDON CHAPTER 6 P2 They knew that the time a man could cling to a slippery rock in the face of that driving current was a matter of minutes and they ran as fast as they could up the bank to a point far above where Thornton was hanging on. They attached the line with which they had been snubbing the boat to Buck s neck and shoulders being careful that it should neither strangle him nor impede his swimming and launched him into the stream. He struck out boldly but not straight enough into the stream. He discovered the mistake too late when Thornton was abreast of him and a bare half-dozen strokes away while he was being carried helplessly past. Hans promptly snubbed with the rope as though Buck were a boat. The rope thus tightening on him in the sweep of the current he was jerked under the surface and under the surface he remained till his body struck against the bank and he was hauled out. He was half drowned and Hans and Pete threw themselves upon him pounding the breath into him and the water out of him. He staggered to his feet and fell down. The faint sound of Thornton s voice came to them and though they could not make out the words of it they knew that he was in his extremity. His master s voice acted on Buck like an electric shock He sprang to his feet and ran up the bank ahead of the men to the point of his previous departure. Again the rope was attached and he was launched and again he struck out but this time straight into the stream. He had miscalculated once but he would not be guilty of it a second time. Hans paid out the rope permitting no slack while Pete kept it clear of coils. Buck held on till he was on a line straight above Thornton then he turned and with the speed of an express train headed down upon him. Thornton saw him coming and as Buck struck him like a battering ram with the whole force of the current behind him he reached up and closed with both arms around the shaggy neck. Hans snubbed the rope around the tree and
