United States or Cayman Islands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
The words were on my lips when a "waddy," torn from the vindictive tree and flung, high and straight into the inoffensive sky, descended flat on the red stump with a gunlike report. The swish of the waddy down-tilted the frayed brim of my cherished hat!
Each of the Martians, standing in the great crescent I have described, had discharged, by means of the gunlike tube he carried, a huge canister over whatever hill, copse, cluster of houses, or other possible cover for guns, chanced to be in front of him.
There was a moment of suspense; then a sharp gunlike report which seemed to crack the silence but not to break it. Again the threatening voice sounded this time nearer and more violent. Janet sprang to her feet and made for the shack not forgetting, fortunately, the lamb. Being inside, she dropped the lamb on the bunk and shut the door.
Word Of The Day