Seven arctic wolves (北极狼) move smoothly across a frozen pool and begin to run after a thick piece of ice.
The three older wolves are 1 wildly, hitting the four young wolves and sending them rolling (打滚) on the frozen grass. But the young jump up and run back onto the frozen pool to 2 the game. Finally, the youngest wolf quickly catches the ice, making it to pieces. Game over. The rest of the wolves 3 him, as if to say, "What now?" Then, one by one, they all turn to look at me.
I've been 4 these seven wolves for hours, keeping a good distance (距离) between us so they don't feel 5 . There's probably no other place on Earth than Ellesmere Island (Canada's northernmost island) where wolves would let a human sit alongside them like I'm doing. For this 6 , I traveled here to join a documentary (纪录片) film team.
They 7 I was there, but they hadn't paid any attention to me—until now. I 8 as our eyes meet. No matter how playful they appeared a few minutes before, I remember that these are 9 wild animals.
The wolves begin to walk toward me. But they 10 me before stopping at their preferred prey (猎物). Most of the meat is 11 , but enough for each wolf to have something to eat. Every few minutes, one of the wolves looks over at me, but none of them seem 12 . I relax a little as I watch them eat.
After they finish feeding on the prey they walk slowly to the grass for a 13 . The young stay together while each older wolf finds a comfortable place alone.
Many hours later, they begin to wake up. It's time to eat again. What happens next makes me 14 : The three older wolves run off into the hills for food, leaving me with the young! I suppose they understood it would be 15 to be with me.
