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It rolled round and round, and dug its four sets of toes, each with three claws, every one as big as a plowshare, into the ground. It tried hard to crawl into its lair, or slip into the lake. IT ROLLED ROUND AND ROUND AND DUG ITS FOUR SET OF TOES EACH WITH THREE CLAWS EVERY ONE AS BIG AS A PLOUGHSHARE INTO THE GROUND IT TRIED HARD TO CRAWL INTO ITS LAIR OR SLIP INTO THE LAKE
softly, and sweetly, that in a few minutes, with its head in her lap, the monster was sound asleep and even began to snore. Then, quietly, from their hiding places in the bushes, Gadern and his men crawled out. When near the dreaded Afang, they stood up and sneaked forward, very softly on tip toe. They had wrapped the links of the chain in grass and leaves, so that no clanking was heard. They also held the oxen's yokes, so that nobody or anything could rattle, or make any noise. Slowly but surely they passed the chain over its body, in the middle, besides binding the brute securely between its fore and hind legs. All this time, the monster slept on, for the girl kept on crooning her melody. When the forty yoke of oxen were all harnessed together, the drovers cracked all their whips at once, so that it sounded like a clap of thunder and the whole team began to pull together. Then the Afang woke up with a start. The sudden jerk roused the monster to wrath, and its bellowing was terrible. ICH HER MOTHER HAD TAUGHT HER THIS SHE DID SO SOFTLY AND SWEETLY THAT IN A FEW MINUTES WITH ITS HEAD IN HER LAP THE MONSTER WAS SOUND ASLEEP AND EVEN BEGAN TO SNORE THEN QUIETLY FROM THEIR HIDING PLACES IN THE BUSHES GADURN AND HIS MEN CRAWLED OUT WHEN NEAR THE DREADED A FANG THEY STOOD UP AND SNEAKED FORWARD VERY SOFTLY ON TIPPY TOE THEY HAD WRAPPED LINKS OF CHAIN IN GRASS AND LEAVES SO THAT NO CLANKING WAS HEARD THEY ALSO HAD THE OXEN YOKES SO THAT NOBODY OR ANYTHING COULD RATTLE OR MAKE ANY NOISE SLOWLY BUT SURELY THEY PASSED A CHAIN OVER ITS BODY IN THE MIDDLE BESIDES BINDING THE BRUTE SECURELY BETWEEN ITS FORE AND HIND LEGS ALL THIS TIME THE MONSTER SLEPT ON FOR THE GIRL KEPT CROONING HER MELODY WHEN THE FORTY YOKE OF OXEN WERE ALL HARNESSED TOGETHER THE DROVERS CRACKED ALL THEIR WHIPS AT ONCE SO THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A CLAP OF THUNDER AND THE WHOLE TEAM BEGAN TO PULL TOGETHER THEN THE AFANG WOKE UP WITH A START THE SUDDEN JERK ROUSED THE MONSTER TO WRATH ITS BELLOWING WAS TERRIBLE
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