Pole.

    Buckdidnotlikeit,butheboreupwelltothework,takingprideinitafterthemannerofDaveandSol-leks,ahathismates,whethertheypridedinitornot,didtheirfairshare.Itwasamonotonouslife,operatingwithmae-likeregularity.Onedaywasverylikeaacertaintimeeachmthecookstur,fireswerebuilt,andbreakfastwaseaten.Then,whilesomebrokecamp,othersharhedogs,andtheywereunderwayanhourorsobeforethedarknessfellwhichgavewarningofdawn.Atnight,campwasmade.Somepitchedthetents,otherscutfireineboughsforthebeds,andstillotherscarriedwateroriceforthecooks.Also,thedogswerefed.Tothem,thiswastheoureoftheday,thoughitwasgoodtoloafaround,afterthefishwaseaten,foranhourorsowiththes,ofwhichtherewerefivescoreandodd.Therewerefiercefightersamongthem,butthreebattleswiththefiercestbroughtBuastery,sothatwhenhebristledandshowedhisteeth,theygotoutofhisway.

    Bestofall,perhaps,helovedtoliehefire,hindlegscrouchedunderhim,fsstretchedoutinfront,headraised,andeyesblinkingdrearilyattheflames.SometimeshethoughtofJudgeMillersbighouseinthesun-kissedSantaClaraValley,andofthetswimmingtank,andYsabel,theMexihairless,andToots,theJapanesepug;butoftenerherememberedthemanintheredsweater,thedeathofCurly,thegreatfightwithSpitzandthegoodthingshehadeatenorwouldliketoeat.Hewasnothomesick.TheSunlandwasverydimanddistant,andsuchmemorieshadnopoweroverhim.Farmorepotehememoriesofhishereditythatgavethingshehadneverseenbeforeaseemingfamiliarity;theinstincts(whichwerebutthememoriesofhisaorsbeehabits)whichhadlapsedinlaterdays,andstilllater,inhim,quiedandb