coming up he saw on one side a large, brownish- 
black bird with white head and tail, feeding on 
a dead sting-ray. It was Hatteras Joe, the 
old bald eagle. All his life when Hardheart 
saw another bird eating anything he wanted he 
simply went and took it. So up he marched to 
this big brown fellow who was much larger than 
he was, and proceeded to help himself. The big 
bird looked astonished for a minute, then he 
gave Hardheart one blow with his wing, and the 
wonder is that Hardheart was not killed then 
and there. He was sent sprawling across the 
sand, and the other gulls set up a shout as 
though they enjoyed the sight. For the first 
time in his life the big, greedy baby-killer had 
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and proceeded to help himself. 
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