To Build a Fire: Alternate Ending - This is a creative writing assignment that replaced the ending of "To Build a Fire" by Jack London from around the point when the fire went out.

Since the fire went out he would seek shelter in the forest or any other suitable location. An hour later, he came upon a cave and decided that it would be wise to enter and rest. Cold or inhospitable it was a shelter and he was only thinking of what mattered to himself for the moment. For some unknown reason, the dog was uneasy to enter with the man. <Tab/>When …showed first 75 words of 740 total…

…showed last 75 words of 740 total…got fairly comfortable, the fur moved and growled. The sharp teeth bit through the man's winter clothes and he screamed at the top of his lungs but no one came to answer the call. He was isolated, miles away from the camp. He was killed and eaten so quickly by the grizzly that he never had the chance to figure out that just the night before, his dog had encountered the same fate as himself.