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made to clutch and gripe and rend and destroy.

she leaped straight up into the air,

feel in my tense grip the pull of the hair

had quite taken the breath out of him

nvoluntarily bunched himself together on the defensive and bristled as she swerved toward him

e was gritting her teeth, making frightful grimaces, snarling, uttering sharp and continuous cries that sounded like “kh-ah! kh-ah!”

like a fury she dashed upon the scene

he halted and shifted his weight with indecision, an apparition burst upon us.

momentarily to disconcert the boar

From not far away came an answering cry.