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No sooner did Peter remember it than he heard the ticking. At first he thought the sound did come from the crocodile, and he looked behind him swiftly. Then he realised that he was doing it himself, and in a flash he understood the situation. 'How clever of me,' he thought at once, and signed to the boys not to burst into applause. NO SOONER DID PETER REMEMBER IT THAN HE HEARD THE TICKING AT FIRST HE THOUGHT THE SOUND DID COME FROM THE CROCODILE AND HE LOOKED BEHIND HIM SWIFTLY THEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS DOING IT HIMSELF AND IN A FLASH HE UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION HOW CLEVER OF ME HE THOUGHT AT ONCE AND SIGNED TO THE BOYS NOT TO BURST INTO APPLAUSE
owed 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. 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.' He had ticked so long that he now went on ticking without knowing that he was doing it. Had he known he would have stopped, for to board the brig by the help of the tick, though an ingenious idea, had not occurred to him. [Illustration: HOOK OR ME THIS TIME] On the contrary, he thought he had scaled her side as noiseless as a mouse; and he was amazed to see the pirates cowering from him, with Hook in their midst as abject as if he had heard the crocodile. The crocodile! T 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 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 HE HAD TICKED SO LONG THAT HE NOW WENT ON TICKING WITHOUT KNOWING THAT HE WAS DOING IT HAD HE KNOWN HE WOULD HAVE STOPPED FOR TO BOARD THE BRIG BY THE HELP OF THE TICK THOUGH AN INGENIOUS IDEA HAD NOT OCCURRED TO HIM ON THE CONTRARY HE THOUGHT HE HAD SCALED HER SIDE AS NOISELESSLY AS A MOUSE AND HE WAS AMAZED TO SEE THE PIRATES COWERING FROM HIM WITH HOOK IN THEIR MIDST AS ABJECT AS IF HE HAD HEARD THE CROCODILE THE CROCODILE
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