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one ; but he was a tame one, I almost think,—
a serpent-catcher by profession,—for he worsted
me, and forced me down into an earthen jar,
clapped the lid on, and carried me, pot and all,
to his master. And that is how I finally found
myself here."
" And as for swine," hissed a rattlesnake,
shaking his horny rings as if challenging an
imaginary pig, " they are even low enough to
lend themselves to be decoys. A fine, fat
China sow, with a litter of young ones, had
been placed near a bungalow to attract me
and others of my fellows who have a taste for
pork and sucking pig. We determined on a
regular raid upon these grunting, lazy, well-fed,
indolent favourites of the farm. When we
went there for that purpose, two of us chased
the little ones about and engulfed them
comfortably, while the sow was attacked by the
largest of us, as we believed, successfully, for
each of us two others had no time to assist him,
as we had enough to do to pick up the dainty
little ones that strayed about in desperate
fright. In a few days we went back to look
for our fellow, and to have another meal; but
he was nowhere to be seen, and the fat sow
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