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mi. anyhpw h. .aid 49, h. tells y
that toad Amt cbufnp enough 60 squat
'I"r- ani l-' 'ls -aak. ~ -. frr an IT,
got o. d. - % hump itself add ct away
irum 'h-r'' ~ few agile l-aps
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WASH ga such familiar terms with all
there 10 - knuw about loads and snak-.
- h~ had r"ason 20 believe no thought
he Nas With N. snake dra wing closer
and closer - ~ a. every turn u made. the
toad AMPLY al s'ill and stared a. the
snak-
Not even ~hsn the -nAk. had strapped
q III around the toad like q doughnut
With a hole ~ -. dtd that -guatting champ
of toad tGIns o. rrmefsb-r that y had
abundant lex poNsr ~ lift itself uut 80
that circle and hop away. a. jam outlines
IN. incident - inc. and IN. toad made M
resistance when the spak. i.tsur.ly and .
With a confidence VA itself a. apparent
a. n the lttls reptile w-r- a book agent or .
talking life insurance took On. hind leg
of the toad Ia it, mouth and Ueaan - /
work It slowly back toward it, outlet.
ur maS, ~ whatever u Is to which q
snake cunnde- 10 vict,Ial~
Seeing how tha' proceeding couldn't
possibly help but eud Jim tells m. that Ia. .
took q more conservative view ~ the toad
and thought that maybe u WASH 80 much
chump, after all bat vas simply PLAYING
~ 10 have some fun With the snaAe. and
that the latter was itself open 90 the sus-
picIon % Chump. for any one with half an
eye Jim Gays. could have seen what was
hound 10 happen and as Jim has a couple
ct good whole eyes. Of course then there
can't he any mistake about hi- having
seen II. The thing that even half an eve
could have --en was that even IL the toad
had been a good deal smaller than " was.
the snake ~ouldn't lie able To &c; outside
1T u the way IL had gone 10 work to do II.
for when Il had got that leg as far a. th.
thigh down into itself ths other leg would
b. hanging On the outside. and four
inches down along the snakes body. out
of all reach Of it, mouth
Seeing this inevitable sequence Jim
tells me that he couldn't help himself
saving to himself
In. tuad's hitle game - PLAN II amt
going o DO "A thing Z , that snakehu choke
- - death The wauy lHtle hoppy ~
mop toad has R,t more Of think trap
= nan thought he had. Jim tells m.. that
h- said - himself
Well 81. sure enough. when that leg
had disappeared. gTadullay hut steadily.
I'D ~ the base Il his ham as Jam pi,f ur.-
he SItuIsfIun - me. there the further
- OWING away - the toad tarrIed. ana the
snake came - a sudden realization - the
fact that u had EDt itself ia "a HX jim
miny CraCky' | can s-p that STAKE wIgRl-
and SquiTm and get starry AZ the eyes just
exactly a. plain a. n Il Mas real snakes
was seeing Jim Bonnet desCrib.-d IL to
me ~ VINidly
That snake looked To Jim a. II II had
dropped a whole lpt OF points IN IT, own
eri lIIIai ION Jim tells the that h- was be-
ginning tn want 20 Tat he Dad on he back
aud apologize 10 II for having sized u up
wrong. when TIA. toad began e. hump and ,
I'D and kick ~ kiokei to such puTpus..
that " kicked itself clear out Uf the snakes
mouth
Jim was little disappointed at this.
but he concluded that the toad. having 4
given the ONer-COnndent Anake It's lesson, ,
vas now going to put the power IN those ,
legs 81 his and go. But right away Jim saw
hat he wasn't yet entirely aware Of toads
Inst cad Of taking To his legs and going
away from there. this toad squatted right
down. with both legs close toget her as II
10 vac conscience bound 90 show the snake |
where IL had made its mistake before
The snake didn't waste any time in taking .
advantage Of this II slid up and grabbed /
both Of those legs. and the work % slowing ,
then away went on without delay
And yet Jim didn't lose confidence q
IN the purpose of that toad. The canny Z
criiter 80 jim tells me that he Thought
WAS simply hastenIng the Job u ~ rang 8
Ing the snak. by letting both 81 those
long legs 40 down into its throat and end Z
ing the matter r
Then Jim began Ia feel sorry for the a
little snake for D..ing such n nOOdlepate n
A. Ia ;hink /, could run a two aud u nalf Il
inch spread 81 toad down a half men u
breadth Of throat. But that wasn't :
Iims fault. and 40 he waIj 81 to see what b
-o!t ~ n fuss the snake would make when g
II by and by came To discover what a a