Escaped From the Shark 37 
But presently Sammy began to tire. 
In another, moment all would have been 
over, had he not spied far below him, 
partly hidden by seaweed, a ledge of 
large rocks. His instinct told him that 
under one of those he might find a hi¬ 
ding place. Down he darted, as quick 
as a flash, and in another instant just as 
the shark turned on his side and opened 
his huge jaws, Sammy lay safe, but quiv¬ 
ering, in a friendly hollow under the 
sheltering rocks. 
Mr. Shark, disappointed at losing his 
dinner, swam around and around the ledge 
vainly trying to find some way of squeez¬ 
ing his big body in among the crevices 
of the rocks, but at length abandoned 
the attempt as hopeless, and departed in 
a very bad humor to look for another 
victim. 
It was some time before Sammy re- 
