Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 151
ainst him, and in a second he was seized 126 The Animal Story Book and dragged under. The old fellow was game, how-ever, and now that he had gotten into the fight heproved no mean antagonist. With an immense efforthe plunged away from the attacking alligator anddashed forward for the shore. The… … rage the bear turned on the one -^ ^ that seized him, and with one ^■—■«=^ ^ __ stroke of his paw clawed out --^^ ^^2^ the alligators eye. The latter bellowed with pain, and, thrashing the water madly, plunged forward at Bruin. Other alligators joined in, and the poor animal was beset on all sides.…
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