To Build a Fire
Why does the man start to berate the dog?
Why does the man start to berate (curse out) the dog?
Why does the man start to berate (curse out) the dog?
The dog knows better than the man. The dog lags back because it knows that the weather is much too cold to travel. The dog instinctively knows this from thousands of years of evolution. The man berates the dog because it lags behind.