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The real market is for the skins of the little fellows, which are made up into all sorts of alligator leather bags. Most of that stuff is imitation, but still quite a lot of it is real. It's plenty of fun catching the little 'gators, because even the smallest of them can give you quite a nip and a reptile three feet long is a handful.
"Oh, but they do," I said; "I've seen them." "'Course you have; but when I said so, some one laughed, and asked how many eggs you can find in a squirrel's nest. So you don't believe the 'gators build in trees, don't you?" "No; but I believe they lay eggs. How many are there in this?" "Oh, it isn't that sort of nest.
"But he may bite." "Well, let him. 'Gators' bites arn't poisonous, like snakes. I should just like to see him bite." "I shouldn't," I said, mentally, as Morgan pushed me a little on one side, and took hold of the pole. "Now then, don't you be scared; I'll tackle him if he's vicious. Both pull together. He's so vexed now that he won't leave go if his teeth 'll hold."
Chunky uttered a long-drawn whistle of amazement. "Some territory that, eh, fellows?" he said, nodding. "If my recollection serves me right, Alaska is bigger than all the Atlantic states combined from Maine to Louisiana." "That's where they have the 'gators," said Chunky. "And with half of Texas thrown in," continued the Professor.
"But did you not see the boat? Didn't you see us hunting for you?" said my uncle angrily. "No, sir; I had all I could do to swim to one of the trees, diving down so as the 'gators shouldn't see me; and when I did get up into the tree, you'd gone back down the river, so that I couldn't see nothing of you." "But why didn't you shout, Pete?" said the carpenter.
"Jumbo's getting real big," said Sue, as she watched the largest of the pets. "And Judy is growing," added Bunny. "I wish we had had these 'gators when we gave our show." "Yes," agreed his sister. "Well, maybe we can have another show. Or we could put the alligators in a store the next time we play." "Yes," said Bunny. "Only maybe you couldn't wrap up a 'gator in a piece of paper.
"You drawed it at 'gators this mornin'. Want some more?" And Dick shamelessly passed up his plate. The boys walked and waded several miles, until they were near a heavily wooded tract, which Johnny said was cypress swamp.
From ponds hidden in the marshes herons rose in lazily laborious flight, flapping low across the water; high in the cypress yellow-eyed ospreys bent crested heads to watch our progress; sun-baked alligators, lying heavily in the shoreward sedge, slid open, glassy eyes as we passed. "Even the 'gators make eyes at you," I said, resting on my oars. We were on terms of badinage.
"And is this your place?" asked Mrs. Maguire, pointing to the palm hut. "Dat's what it am, honey lamb. Uh, huh! I comes heah t' hunt alligators an' sea cows. Sometimes I stays fer a week at a time. I jest come up now t' see if dere any traces of 'gators. I'se gwine t' start in huntin' next week." "Oh, isn't he a dear!" laughed Alice, with tears of joy in her eyes.
And I'm not sure that I should worry very much as to whether there were any 'gators in it, or not. By the way, how did you come off that morning when those ginks rushed the camp? Did you get hurt any?" "Not a scratch," answered Dick. "Hadn't a chance to. The beggars were upon me and had me trussed up so that I couldn't move hand or foot, before my eyes were fairly open.
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