Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 437
he had to hurry. Theanimals leaped out from behind bushes andchased him, and he had to run for his very life.They all chased and chased through the foresttill they came to a river. Jager jumped in, and all the animals whocould swim jumped after him. The fish weremost astonished to see such a crowd… … JAGER laid himself down in a den in the rocks himself down in a den in the rocks. Peekingout with one eye, he saw the animals huntingfor him, and he heard one say: He must have been eaten up by a shark inthe river. They all were so afraid that they too mightbe eaten up by a shark on the way back…
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