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           Andwewereallmakingfaces—snarlingfaces;thiswasaninstinctwithus.WewereasangryasSaber-Tooth,thoughourangerwasalliedwithfear.IrememberthatIshriekedandmadefaceswiththebestofthem.Notonlydidtheysettheexample,butIfelttheurgefromwithinmetodothesamethingstheyweredoing.Myhairwasbristling,andIwasconvulsedwithafierce,unreasoningrage.

           ForsometimeoldSaber-Toothcontinueddashinginandoutoffirsttheonecaveandthentheother.ButthetwoFolkmerelyslippedbackandforththroughtheconnectingcreviceandeludedhim.Inthemeantimetherestofusupthebluffhadproceededtoaction.Everytimeheappearedoutsidewepeltedhimwithrocks.Atfirstwemerelydroppedthemonhim,butwesoonbegantowhizthemdownwiththeaddedforceofourmuscles.

           ThisbombardmentdrewSaber-Tooth’sattentiontousandmadehimangrierthanever.HeabandonedhispursuitofthetwoFolkandspranguptheblufftowardtherestofus,clawingatthecrumblingrockandsnarlingasheclawedhisupwardway.Atthisawfulsight,thelastoneofussoughtrefugeinsideourcaves.Iknowthis,becauseIpeepedoutandsawthewholebluff-sidedeserted,saveforSaber-Tooth,whohadlosthisfootingandwasslidingandfallingdown.

           Icalledoutthecryofencouragement,andagainthebluffwascoveredbythescreaminghordeandthestoneswerefallingfasterthanever.Saber-Toothwasfranticwithrage.Timeandagainheassaultedthebluff.Onceheevengainedthefirstcrevice-entrancesbeforehefellback,butwasunabletoforcehiswayinside.