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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
hole, that I soon discovered was a trap, the
top of which had been so carefully covered as
to deceive even my practised eye. Long and
frantically I struggled to escape, the shrieks
of my despairing mate urging me on to fresh
exertions; but the sides of the trap sloped
inwards, so that all my efforts were in vain.
At last the head of a man suddenly peered over
the top, and before I had time to turn, a forked
stick was pressed over my neck, a rough hand
clasped me round the body, and I was put into
a sack, and felt myself borne swiftly away.
From the sack I was soon after transferred to
a wooden cage, and after many weary days, I
at last arrived here. Can you wonder, then,
that I hate the very sight of man, and spend
my whole time in efforts to obtain my release ?"
Here the marten stopped speaking and
recommenced running up and down his cage, and
nothing I could do would induce him to
vouchsafe any further remark.
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