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Chapter 14

           "That’stheticket!"wasPeterkin’sremarkableexclamationashestartedconvulsivelyandlevelledhisspear.

           "Hist!"criedJack;"theseareyourfriends,Peterkin.Theymusthavecomeoverexpresslytopayyouafriendlyvisit,foritisthefirsttimewehaveseenthemonthissideoftheisland."

           "Comealong!"criedPeterkin,hurryingtowardsthewood;whileJackandIfollowed,smilingathisimpatience.

           Anothergruntandhalf-a-dozensqueals,muchlouderthanbefore,camedownthevalley.AtthistimewewerejustoppositethesmallvalewhichlaybetweentheValleyoftheWreckandSpoutingCliff.

           "Isay,Peterkin!"criedJackinahoarsewhisper.

           "Well,whatis’t?"

           "Stayabit,man!Thesegruntersarejustupthereonthehillside.IfyougoandstandwithRalphintheleeofyoncliffI’llcutroundbehindanddrivethemthroughthegorge,sothatyou’llhaveabetterchanceofpickingoutagoodone.Now,mindyoupitchintoafatyoungpig,Peterkin!"addedJackashesprangintothebushes.

           "Won’tI,just!"saidPeterkin,lickinghislips,aswetookourstationbesidethecliff."Ifeelquiteatenderaffectionforyoungpigsinmyheart.Perhapsitwouldbemorecorrecttosayinmytum"

           "Theretheycome!"criedIasaterrificyellfromJacksentthewholeherdscreamingdownthehill.

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