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Chapter 24

           OnBillsayingafewwordstohim,whichIdidnotunderstand,theboyadvancedtotheedgeofthepondandgavealow,peculiarwhistle.Immediatelythewaterbecameagitated,andanenormouseelthrustitsheadabovethesurfaceandallowedtheyouthtotouchit.Itwasabouttwelvefeetlong,andasthickroundthebodyasaman’sthigh.

           "There!"saidBill,hislipcurlingwithcontempt;"whatdoyouthinkofthatforagod,Ralph?Thisisoneo’theirgods,andithasbeenfedwithdozenso’livin’babiesalready.Howmanymoreit’llgetaforeitdiesishardtosay."

           "Babies!"saidIwithanincredulouslook.

           "Ay,babies,"returnedBill."Yoursoft-heartedfolkathomewouldsay,‘Oh,horrible!Impossible!’tothat,andthengoawayascomfortableandunconcernedasiftheirsayin’‘Horrible!impossible!’hadmadeitalie.ButItellyou,Ralph,it’safact.I’veseeditwithmyowneyesthelasttimeIwashere;an’mayhap,ifyoustopawhileatthisaccursedplaceandkeepasharplookout,you’llseeittoo.Theydon’tfeeditregularlywithlivin’babies,buttheygiveitonenowandthenasatreat.Bah,youbrute!"criedBillindisgust,givingthereptileakickonthesnoutwithhisheavybootthatsentitswelteringbackinagonyintoitsloathsomepool.

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