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Advancing hastily, he dropped on one knee. "My good sword and lance are ever at thy service, my Lord Scarecrow!" he exclaimed feelingly. "Who is this impulsive person?" gulped the Scarecrow, staring in undisguised astonishment at the kneeling figure of the Sir Hokus of Pokes. "He's my Knight Errant, and he's taken such good care of me," explained Dorothy eagerly.
And he thought of Shagpat, and that in shaving him the blade was checked in its rapid sweep, and blunted by a stumpy twine of hair that waxed in size and became the head of Karaz that gulped at him a wide devouring gulp, and took him in, and flew up with him, leaving Shagpat half sheared.
Accordingly she laughed. The intruder lifted a woeful face, gave her one vague look, and reverted to his former posture. Mayme stopped laughing. She advanced and put a friendly hand on one of the humped shoulders. "Cheer up, Buddy," she said. "It ain't as bad as you think it is." "It's worse," gulped a choky voice. Then the head lifted again. "Who are you?" it demanded.
'It will do him good, said Michael cheerily. 'Just what he wants to steady him. 'But, my dear sit, he might be involved in a charge of a charge of murder, gulped the artist. 'Well, he'll be just where we are, returned the lawyer. 'He's innocent, you see. What hangs people, my dear Pitman, is the unfortunate circumstance of guilt.
Then he added grudgingly, "That was as fine a job of control-deck operations as I've seen. Keep up the good work, spaceman." Tom gulped. The unexpected compliment caught him off guard. And he was even more pleased that for the first time Connel had referred to him as spaceman! "I'll be needed at the space station commander's quarters for a while, Corbett," said Connel.
They did not hold on like a dog, but at every jump at the poor beast they would bring away a mouthful of his flesh, which they gulped down as they ran.
I take you to be the type of the conventional aristocrat. Why, a fellow who's been travelling in Germany said to me lately, when I asked about you 'Von Blitzenberg, said he, 'he's used as a simile for traditional dignity. His very dogs have to sit up on their hind-legs when he inspects the kennels!" The Baron with a solemn face gulped down his whisky-and-soda.
It was a frightful distance down to the ground, and that other tree was so far away that it was foolish to even think of reaching it. "'Jump! commanded Old Mother Nature. "Little Mr. Squirrel gulped very hard, trying to swallow his fear. Then he jumped with all his might, and just as he had taught himself to do, spread himself out as flat as he could.
Among other sources of amusement, our attention was drawn, on the 29th, to a shark, which made its appearance at the stern of the vessel. A strong hook was immediately prepared, and baited with a piece of salt pork, which being thrown over, was instantly gulped by the voracious monster.
"Are you speaking of Laddie?" asked the Mistress, in dismay; as the slower-witted Master, stared and gulped. "Why should he show any signs of hydrophobia? He " "If he hasn't, he will," rapped out the visitor. "Or he would, if he wasn't put out of the way. That's what I'm here for. But I kind of hoped maybe you folks might have done it, yourselves. Can't be too careful, you know. 'Specially "