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And as if that were not enough but hush! He was sobbing. "Sh sh! Sh sh!" It was Henry Bodker, the biggest boy in the school, and he was standing on a bench and sh ing threateningly. The girls adored him, and became quiet directly; but some of the boys would not obey the order; but when Henry held his clenched fist up to one eye, they too became quiet.
He was knocked down and buried beneath the swarm, which lay in a sprawling heap upon the top of him, pounding down with clenched fists wherever there was an opening. But then a pair of fists began to push upward, tchew, tchew, like steam punches, the boys rolled off on all sides with their hands to their faces, and Henry Bodker emerged from the heap, kicking at random.
Then Henry Bodker came running up, sprang in head first without stopping, and disappeared, while a piece of ice that he had struck with his forehead made ducks and drakes over the water. Twice his head appeared above the ice-filled water, to snatch a breath of air, and then he came up with Pelle. They got him hoisted up on to the breakwater, and Henry set to work to give him a good thrashing.
And as if that were not enough but hush! He was sobbing. "Sh sh! Sh sh!" It was Henry Bodker, the biggest boy in the school, and he was standing on a bench and sh ing threateningly. The girls adored him, and became quiet directly; but some of the boys would not obey the order; but when Henry held his clenched fist up to one eye, they too became quiet.
He kept on listening, however, and coming up to peep in and see whether fever or any other devilry had come of it. But Pelle slept quietly with his head under the quilt, and dreamed that he was no less a person than Henry Bodker.
Lasse then stumbled homeward, and Pelle moved the rest of the cows on the road down to join his own. He was both proud and affected, but most proud. He had saved Father Lasse's life, and from the big, angry bull that no one else on the farm dared have anything to do with. The next time Henry Bodker came out to see him, he should hear all about it.
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