the call of the wilderness

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الفصلThe chapterالعاشرtenth

The tenth chapter

نِدَاءُCallالْبَرِّيَّةِof the wilderness

Call of the Wilderness

ذَاتَOneلَيْلَةٍnight,اسْتَيْقَظَhe woke upباكBuckفَجْأَةًsuddenly,وَأَخَذَand beganيَتَشَمَّمُto sniffالْهَوَاءَthe air,وَانْتَصَبَand stood on endشَعْرُthe hairجَسَدِهِ؛of his body;فَقَدْfor indeedجَاءَهُcame to himذَلِكَthatالنِّدَاءُcallمِنَfromالْغَابَةِ،the forest,وَلَكِنَّهُbut itكَانَwasمُخْتَلِفًاdifferentهَذِهِthisالْمَرَّةَ.time.

One night, Buck woke up suddenly, and began to sniff the air, and the hair of his body stood on end; for indeed that call came to him from the forest, but it was different this time.

كَانَThere wasعُوَاءًa howlingطَوِيلًاlong,فَانْدَفَعَand he rushed

There was a long howling, and he rushed