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English Reading Journal 4 White Fang Author：Jack London Retold by：Brigit Viney Illustrator：Rob Hefferan Publishing company：Penguin Books Ltd Year of publishing：This edition first published 2000 Word Level：Level 2 ( Elemantary 600 words) Number of pages：37 pages In 1893, there was a young wolf born in north-west Canada. One day, the young wolf met some Indians and they recognized that his mother was their missing dog, so they took him and his mother to their camp. Indians named the young wolf "White Fang" because the fangs of this young wolf was white. When White Fang snarled at Indians, they uasually hit White Fang hard with a stick. Therefore, White Fang started to learn that these "gods" were happy or angry by looking at their faces. In Indians' camp、White Fang also learned how to kill other animals faster and more efficient in order to survive. After a few months, White Fang became a killer of animals and a cold wolf because nobody gave him love, even his god. Then, White Fang went south when his god moved to a south town named Fort Yukon to purchase and change something with the white gods. There, White Fang also killed many dogs because he hated animals nearing him. A white ugly man named Beauty Smith liked White Fang very much because he wanted to get money from White Fang fighting against other dogs. As a result, Beauty Smith uasually brought bottles of wine visting White Fang's god. At the end, White Fang's god had to sent White Fang for Beauty Smith to get bottles of wine because he was addicted to the wine. One day, White Fang had to fight with a big dog to win money for Beauty Smith. But this time, White Fang couldn't bite the dog because he was too big and his skin was so hard. White Fang was going to die when the big dog bit his neck. At the same time, a young white man and his friend used a gun to open the big dog's mouth and pulled White Fang out. Weedon Scott, the young white man, then paid Beauty Smith money and used a gun to frighten him and to ask him to leave the town. Scott and his friend Matt took White Fang to their small house. Scott uasully talked to White Fang quietly with meat on his hand. After a few days, Scott tried to put his hand on White Fang's head, and this time, White Fang didn't bite him. Then White Fang began to like the stroke from his "new god". One day, when Scott was leaving for California, he stroked White Fang and spoke to White Fang sadly. While Scott was on the boat, he listened to a noise. It was White Fang! Scott then decided to took White Fang away. When they arrrived, White Fang snarled at a woman angrily who gave Scott a hug. Scott taught White Fang that the woman was his mother. Then, White Fang wouldn't snarle at her. Near Scott's house, there was a chicken house. A day, White Fang killed some chickens and ate them. Scott was very angry and he took White Fang to the chicken house. Instead of hitting White Fang , Scott taught White Fang about chickens. Therefore, White Fang had been accustomed to the life with Scott. One day, Scott fell from the horse and got injured. He talked to White Fang to go home and ask for help. With White Fang's guide, the family found Scott quickly. In a cold winter night, White Fang woke up by smelling a strange man and hearing a small sound. He found the strange man and bit his neck. Later, there was a sound of a gun and the sound woke the whole family up. They saw a man dead and White Fang injured hard. They called a docter and saved White Fang at the end. Even thought White Fang was at the edge of dying , he ultimately recovered. I think it is a touching and full-of-love story. The author of this story used a wolf's life as a human's life. I think the most imporntant thing in our lives is the love with others. Only when we have love, do we lead a happy life. Love with others always makes us easy get along with people and have passion for the whole world. In the story, White Fang had love again from his new god who trusted him and taught him eveything. As a result, White Fang even protected his god with his life. I think that White Fang really viewed Scott as his "God". [JeT] 49777045 周婉婷