This is Volume VI of Jack London's Collective Short Stories, including Old Baldy and Brown Wolf. Old Baldy tells how a deacon tries to conquer a stubborn ox. In Brown Wolf, Madge and Irvine (a pair of married couple) sheltered a hungry stray dog, naming him Wolf. They pleased Wolf in every possible way, but what they had got back were often hostility and vigilance. Wolf would run all the way north whenever fed full, but each time was retrieved by Madge and Irvine. One day, Wolf was missing again. Madge and Irvine found Wolf and encountered his former master Skiff Miller. Both having a deep affection for the dog and refusing to give him up, they finally decided to respect the choice of Wolf himself, to see if he was willing to follow Skiff Miller, or to stay with Madge and Irvine, or...

《老秃子》讲了一个执事驯服一头牛的故事。在《棕色的沃尔夫》中，妻子马奇和丈夫欧文收留了一条饥肠辘辘的流浪狗，给它取名沃尔夫。他们百般讨好沃尔夫，换来的常常是敌意和警惕。沃尔夫吃饱喝足后就会一路向北跑，但每次又被寻回来。有一天，沃尔夫又不见了。马奇和欧文找到沃尔夫后，碰见了沃尔夫的旧主人斯基夫•米勒。双方都对这条狗有很深的情意，谁也不肯放弃这条狗。最后，他们决定尊重沃尔夫自己的选择......