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tiger, and near him, lying dead, were 

 several of her lambs whose blood he had 

 sucked, and to this circumstance she 

 attributed her own safety for the moment. 

 Having entered the hut hurriedly, she had 

 gone in a little way the door pushing 

 open inwards and now, seeing the 

 enormous tiger stretched out his full 

 length, with his huge head resting on his 

 fore paws, and his savage, sullen looking 

 eyes firmly fixed on hers she was 

 paralysed, and had neither power to move 

 nor speak ; indeed, if she had shouted for 

 help no one could have heard her, for she 

 was quite alone and the hut lonely and 

 detached. 



"The tiger now got up, and without 

 taking his eyes away from her, he walked 

 quietly round to the open door and lay 

 down in exactly the same position across 



