Into The Wild: Buck's Into The Wild

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Buck was a husky but he was a dog that was special. He got the attention he needed. He was strong and he could fight of other dogs. But then they sold him and now he’s a strong dog that helps deliver mail but also he has to sleep out in the cold. He said he felt like he was going to sink or something in the ground but he was warm though.

BUCK:

Buck has to dig a hole so that he can stay warm because they dug up a hole and sleep in it and it snowed so snow was on top. He also had to eat his food he couldn’t just go play and chase a butterfly he had to eat his food or the other dogs would get it. He also had to learn how to be like the others because he didn’t know the way and if he did something wrong then they would growl at him.

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