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Thus he thought, and crumpled up and sank down upon the wet earth. At first he cried softly to himself, then he cried loudly to the pitiless desolation that ringed him around; and for a long time after he was shaken by great dry sobs. THUS HE THOUGHT AND CRUMPLED UP AND SANK DOWN UPON THE WET EARTH AT FIRST HE CRIED SOFTLY TO HIMSELF THEN HE CRIED LOUDLY TO THE PITILESS DESOLATION THAT RINGED HIM AROUND AND FOR A LONG TIME AFTER HE WAS SHAKEN BY GREAT DRY SOBS
h hands and stirred up the milky mud at the bottom. In his excitement he fell in, wetting himself to the waist. Then the water was too muddy to admit of his seeing the fish, and he was compelled to wait until the sediment had settled. The pursuit was renewed, till the water was again muddied. But he could not wait. He unstrapped the tin bucket and began to bale the pool. He baled wildly at first, splashing himself and flinging the water so short a distance that it ran back into the pool. He worked more carefully, striving to be cool, though his heart was pounding against his chest and his hands were trembling. At the end of half an hour the pool was nearly dry. Not a cupful of water remained. And there was no fish. He found a hidden crevice among the stones through which it had escaped to the adjoining and larger pool--a pool which he could not empty in a night and a day. Had he known of the crevice, he could have closed it with a rock at the beginning and the fish would have been his. E REACHED FOR IT WITH BOTH HANDS AND STIRRED UP THE MILKY MUD AT THE BOTTOM IN HIS EXCITEMENT HE FELL IN WETTING HIMSELF TO THE WAIST THEN THE WATER WAS TOO MUDDY TO ADMIT OF HIS SEEING THE FISH AND HE WAS COMPELLED TO WAIT UNTIL THE SEDIMENT HAD SETTLED THE PURSUIT WAS RENEWED TILL THE WATER WAS AGAIN MUDDIED BUT HE COULD NOT WAIT HE UNSTRAPPED THE TIN BUCKET AND BEGAN TO BAL THE POOL HE BALED WILDLY AT FIRST SPLASHING HIMSELF AND FLINGING THE WATER SO SHORT A DISTANCE THAT IT RAN BACK INTO THE POOL HE WORKED MORE CAREFULLY STRIVING TO BE COOL THOUGH HIS HEART WAS POUNDING AGAINST HIS CHEST AND HIS HANDS WERE TREMBLING AT THE END OF HALF AN HOUR THE POOL WAS NEARLY DRY NOT A CUPFUL OF WATER REMAINED AND THERE WAS NO FISH HE FOUND A HIDDEN CREVICE AMONG THE STONES THROUGH WHICH IT HAD ESCAPED TO THE ADJOINING AND LARGER POOL A POOL WHICH HE COULD NOT EMPTY IN A NIGHT AND A DAY HAD KNOWN OF THE CREVICE HE COULD HAVE CLOSED IT WITH A ROCK AT THE BEGINNING AND THE FISH WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS
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