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A Hundred Miles in Ten Days

           

           "Well,"repliedHarris,"IindeedthoughtIsawthatthoseanimals,whichhavejustmadeoffsorapidly,werebipeds."

           "Bipeds!"repliedthenovice.

           "IndeeditseemedtomethatIsawanimalswithfourlegs,"thensaid

           Mrs.Weldon.

           "Ialso,"addedoldTom;thenBat,Acteon,andAustinconfirmedthosewords.

           "Ostricheswithfourlegs!"criedHarris,withaburstoflaughter.

           "Thatwouldberidiculous!"

           "So,"returnedDickSand,"wehavebelievedtheyweregiraffes,andnotostriches."

           "No,myyoungfriend,no,"saidHarris."Youhavecertainlyseenbadly.Thatisexplainedbytherapiditywithwhichthoseanimalshaveflownaway.Besides,ithashappenedmorethanoncethathuntershavebeendeceivedlikeyou,andinthebestfaithintheworld."

           WhattheAmericansaidwasveryplausible.Betweenanostrichofgreatheightandagiraffeofmediumheight,seenatacertaindistance,itiseasytomakeamistake.Ifitwereaquestionofabeakoranose,botharenonethelessjoinedtotheendofalongneckturnedbackward,and,strictlyspeaking,itmaybesaidthatanostrichisonlyahalfgiraffe.Itonlyneedsthehindlegs.Then,thisbipedandthisquadruped,passingrapidly,onasuddenmay,veryproperly,betakenonefortheother.

           Besides,thebestproofthatMrs.WeldonandtheothersweremistakenwasthattherearenogiraffesinAmerica.

           DickSandthenmadethisreflection:

           "ButIbelievedthatostricheswerenotmetwithintheNewWorldanymorethangiraffes."

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