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Two Against The North

... Jaime then receives a letter instructing him to go to the pas stop in the lonely Canadian north. ... Jaime was excited to go on the trip because this was his first real adventure in the north and he wants to make a good impression to the other people in the camp. ... The building of this shelter combats two of the enemies of survival, cold and fatigue. ... A Welcome Discovery • Look for Onatak the fawn • Find wolf tracks with the fawn tracks • Get very depressed • The wolves have eaten Onatak • see two dogs wandering around • They walk closer and give them some meat • The boys then go home • leaves a trail of meat leading to the cabin • Each night they leave meat on the doorstep and each morning it is gone • They make a cage to trap the dogs at their doorstep • The boys did not think ahead of what would happen after they caught the dogs so they are worried • The dogs crawled into the cabin • the boys busy themselves about odd jobs paying no attention to the dogs • Jaime earns one of the dog’s respect Summaries Day 9 May 7 The Great One Of The Barrens • Boys train dogs to pull sled • Go back and forth to the stone igloo • Take a little food from it • Decide to make a three-day hunting trip • The dogs begin to smell something • The boys find a moving shape • Giant bear comes out of nowhere • The bear begins to chase Awasin • Jaime runs back to him as fast as he can • Hurts his lungs in the process from breathing in the frigid arctic air • As Jaime collapses he says “Take the gun” • Awasin shoots the bear • Jaime’s chest hurts a lot • Awasin Describes the story with the bear • The boys go home with half of the giant bear pelt • They also take home a paw Escape • November comes • Daylight begins later • Boredom creeps up on them again • They try to play some games that Awasin learned When he was a child but the boys soon get bored of these • They resort to telling stories • Jaime invents new things to cook • They start to think of back home • The boys are reminded that Christmas is coming soon • Kill two birds with the bow And snare another two rabbits • Clear warm weather starts to come (but only a glimpse of spring) • Thinking of chances of escape • They have packed all the food • Left the bow, axe and all of their other equipment except the gun • Sad for leaving the cabin • Thinking that they will “Come Back Someday” • The trip will take three weeks but there is no way they will get good weather for three weeks in the middle of December • They are so excited about the good weather and go a little crazy.

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