when he came near enough for the soldiers to see him , they sent to ask whether he had a mind to attack them . " just wait until i have eaten , " said murmur , and sat him down behind his knapsack to eat . but the enemy would not wait , and began to fire at him . and it fairly rained and hailed musket - balls all around murmur . " i do n't care a fig for these blueberries , " said murmur goose - egg , and feasted on quite at ease . neither lead nor iron could wound him , and his knapsack stood before him , and caught the bullets like a wall .
he had the knapsack before him/ .
why was murmur not wounded by the bullets ?
why was murmur not wounded by the bullets ?