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Peter reached the shore without mishap, and went straight on; his legs encountering the water as if quite unaware that they had entered a new element. Thus many animals pass from land to water, but no other human of whom I know. As he swam he had but one thought: 'Hook or me this time.' PETER REACHED THE SHORE WITHOUT MISHAP AND WENT STRAIGHT ON HIS LEGS ENCOUNTERING THE WATER AS IF QUITE AWARE THAT THEY HAD ENTERED A NEW ELEMENT THUS MANY ANIMALS PASS FROM LAND TO WATER BUT NO OTHER HUMAN OF WHOM I KNOW AS HE SWAM HE HAD BUT ONE THOUGHT HOOK OR ME THIS TIME
When last we saw him he was stealing across the island with one finger to his lips and his dagger at the ready. He had seen the crocodile pass by without noticing anything peculiar about it, but by and by he remembered that it had not been ticking. At first he thought this eerie, but soon he concluded rightly that the clock had run down. Without giving a thought to what might be the feelings of a fellow-creature thus abruptly deprived of its closest companion, Peter at once considered how he could turn the catastrophe to his own use; and he decided to tick, so that wild beasts should believe he was the crocodile and let him pass unmolested. He ticked superbly, but with one unforeseen result. The crocodile was among those who heard the sound, and it followed him, though whether with the purpose of regaining what it had lost, or merely as a friend under the belief that it was again ticking itself, will never be certainly known, for, like all slaves to a fixed idea, it was a stupid beast. T NIGHT TO PETER WHEN LAST WE SAW HIM HE WAS STEALING ACROSS THE ISLAND WITH ONE FINGER TO HIS LIPS AND HIS DAGGER AT THE READY HE HAD SEEN THE CROCODILE PASS BY WITHOUT NOTICING ANYTHING PECULIAR ABOUT IT BUT BY AND BY HE REMEMBERED THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN TICKING AT FIRST HE THOUGHT THIS EERRIE BUT SOON HE CONCLUDED RIGHTLY THAT THE CLOCK HAD WOUND DOWN WITHOUT GIVING A THOUGHT TO WHAT MIGHT BE THE FEELINGS OF A FELLOW CREATURE THUS ABRUPTLY DEPRIVED OF HIS CLOSEST COMPANION PETER AT ONCE CONSIDERED HOW HE SHOULD TURN THE CATASTROPHE TO HIS OWN USE AND HE DECIDED TO TICK SO THE WILD BEAST SHOULD BELIEVE HE WAS THE CROCODILE AND LET HIM PASS UNMOLESTED HE TICKED SUPERBLY BUT WITH ONE UNFORESEEN RESULT THE CROCODILE WAS AMONG THOSE WHO HEARD THE SOUND AND IT FOLLOWED HIM THOUGH WHETHER WITH THE PURPOSE OF REGAINING WHAT IT HAD LOST OR MERELY AS A FRIEND UNDER THE BELIEF THAT IT WAS AGAIN TICKING ITSELF WILL NEVER BE CERTAINLY KNOWN FOR LIKE ALL SLAVES TO A FIXED IDEA IT WAS A STUPID BEAST
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