Jack London

The Strength of the Strong Jack London

Book Excerpt: w, began to keep goats. He had heard about itas among the Meat-Eaters, and it was not long before he had manyflocks. Other men, who had no land and no fish-traps, and who elsewould have gone hungry, were glad to work for Pig-Jaw, caring forhis goats, guarding them from wild dogs and tigers, and drivingthem to the feeding pastures in the mountains. In return, Pig-Jawgave them goat-meat to eat and goat-skins to wear, and sometimesthey traded the goat-meat for fish and corn and fat roots."It was this time that money came to be. Sea-Lion was the man whofirst thought of it, and he talked it over with Dog-Tooth and Big-Fat. You see, these three were the ones that got a share ofeverything in the Sea Valley. One basket out of every three ofcorn was theirs, one fish out of every three, one goat out of everythree. In return, they fed the guards and the watchers, and keptthe rest for themselves. Sometimes, when a big haul of fish wasmade they did not know what to do with all their share. So SeRead More