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The Terrible Word

           "Buthewouldnotsayanythingwhichcouldalarmthepoormotherbeforethemomentforactionhadarrived.

           Andhesaidnothing,notevenwhen,arrivedonthebankofaratherlargestream,precedingthelittletroopaboutonehundredfeet,heperceivedenormousanimals,whichthrewthemselvesunderthelargeplantsonthebrink.

           "Hippopotami!hippopotami!"hewasgoingtoexclaim.

           Andtheywere,indeed,thesethick-skinnedanimals,withabighead,alarge,swollensnout,amoutharmedwithteethwhichextendafootbeyonditanimalswhicharesquatontheirshortlimbs,theskinofwhich,unprovidedwithhair,isofatawnyred.HippopotamiinAmerica!

           Theycontinuedtomarchduringthewholeday,butpainfully.Fatiguecommencedtoretardeventhemostrobust.Itwastrulytimetoarrive,ortheywouldbeforcedtostop.

           Mrs.Weldon,whollyoccupiedwithherlittleJack,didnotperhapsfeelthefatigue,butherstrengthwasexhausted.All,moreorless,weretired.DickSand,resistedbyasuprememoralenergy,causedbythesentimentofduty.

           Towardfouro’clockintheevening,oldTomfound,inthegrass,anobjectwhichattractedhisattention.Itwasanarm,akindofknife,ofaparticularshape,formedofalarge,curvedblade,setinasquare,ivoryhandle,ratherroughlyornamented.TomcarriedthisknifetoDickSand,whotookit,examinedit,and,finally,showedittotheAmerican,saying:

           "Nodoubtthenativesarenotveryfaroff."

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