'Love of Life,' by Jack London, Part Four — VOA Learning English
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We present the last of four parts of the short story "Love of Life," by Jack London. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.
In the afternoon the man came to a track. It was that of another man, who did not walk, but who dragged himself on his hands and knees. The man thought it might be Bill, but he thought about it without any interest. He had no curiosity. Feeling and emotion had left him. He was no longer able to feel pain. Yet the life that was in him drove him ahead. He was very tired, but it refused to die. It was because it refused to die that he still ate muskeg berries and small fish, drank his hot water, and kept a careful eye on the sick…
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