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And yet we go faster than the man who is before us. For he, too, falls all the time, and there is no Sitka Charley to lift him up. Now he is two hundred yards away. After a long time he is one hundred yards away. AND YET WE GO FASTER THAN THE MAN WHO IS BEFORE US FOR HE TOO FALLS ALL THE TIME AND THERE IS NO SITKA CHARLIE TO LIFT HIM UP NOW HE IS TWO HUNDRED YARDS AWAY AFTER A LONG TIME HE IS ONE HUNDRED YARDS AWAY
rter of a mile away. He is very weak. We see him fall down many times in the snow. One of his dogs can no longer travel, and he cuts it out of the harness. But he does not kill it. I kill it with the axe as I go by, as I kill one of my dogs which loses its legs and can travel no more. "Now we are three hundred yards away. We go very slow. Maybe in two, three hours we go one mile. We do not walk. All the time we fall down. We stand up and stagger two steps, maybe three steps, then we fall down again. And all the time I must help up the man and woman. Sometimes they rise to their knees and fall forward, maybe four or five times before they can get to their feet again and stagger two or three steps and fall. But always do they fall forward. Standing or kneeling, always do they fall forward, gaining on the trail each time by the length of their bodies. "Sometimes they crawl on hands and knees like animals that live in the forest. We go like snails, like snails that are dying we go so slow. AY AT ONE O'CLOCK HE IS A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY HE IS VERY WEAK WE SEE HIM FALL DOWN MANY TIMES IN THE SNOW ONE OF HIS DOGS CAN NO LONGER TRAVEL AND HE CUTS IT OUT OF THE HARNESS BUT HE DOES NOT KILL IT I KILL IT WITH THE AXE AS I GO BY AS I KILL ONE OF MY DOGS WHICH LOSES ITS LEGS AND CAN TRAVEL NO MORE NOW WE ARE THREE HUNDRED YARDS AWAY WE GO VERY SLOW MAYBE IN TWO THREE HOURS WE GO ONE MILE WE DO NOT WALK ALL THE TIME WE FALL DOWN WE STAND UP AND STAGGER TWO STEPS MAYBE THREE STEPS THEN WE FALL DOWN AGAIN AND ALL THE TIME I MUST HELP UP THE MAN AND WOMAN SOMETIMES THEY RISE TO THEIR KNEES AND FALL FORWARD MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES BEFORE THEY CAN GET TO THEIR FEET AGAIN AND STAGGER TWO OR THREE STEPS AND FALL BUT ALWAYS DO THEY FALL FORWARD STANDING OR KNEELING ALWAYS DO THEY FALL FORWARD GAINING ON THE TRAIL EACH TIME BY THE LENGTH OF THEIR BODIES SOMETIMES THEY CRAWL ON HANDS AND KNEES LIKE ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE FOREST WE GO LIKE SNAILS LIKE SNAILS THAT ARE DYING WE GO SO SLOW
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