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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. 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
ht 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. 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. IVING 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 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
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