The Call of the Wild / Die Roep van die Wilde

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He staggered still trying to hold off the cold bite of death.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hy het gestruikel steeds probeer om die koue byt van die dood af te weer.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He had seen this before but always from the winning side.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hy het dit al voorheen gesien maar altyd van die wenkant af.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now he was on the losing side; the defeated; the prey; death.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nou was hy aan die verloorkant; die verslane; die prooi; die dood.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Buck circled for the final blow the ring of dogs pressed closer.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Buck het in 'n sirkel gedraai vir die finale hou die kring honde het nader gedruk.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He could feel their hot breaths; ready for the kill.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hy kon hulle warm asemteue voel; gereed vir die doodmaak.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A stillness fell; all was in its place; time had stopped.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'n Stilte het neergesak; alles was op sy plek; tyd het stilgestaan.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Even the cold air between them froze for one last moment.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Selfs die koue lug tussen hulle het vir 'n laaste oomblik gevries.</span></p><p></p>