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angry bobcat, bent on disputing this invasion of
his tangled realm, might make a sudden spring
from some limb of a live oak and land upon their
backs to commence using his keen claws, tearing
and stripping and snarling like a devil, such as
these beasts always were reckoned in such sections
of the country as he, Perk, had hunted.

Ten minutes, fifteen, passed then Jack again
caught his chum's arm and with a finger pressed
on his own lips to betoken the necessity for silence,
pointed to something ahead that must have
just caught his attention. And Perk, looking, saw
a sight that afforded him a sense of satisfaction
both deep and profound.

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