. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . ed more than a dozenmiles. Finding myself weary, I turned offthe road, and seated myself on the bank ofthe river, beneath the shade of a large I sat for some time, listening to theincessant chatter of parrots and macawsover my head, and observing the humming-birds that were buzzing among the flower-ing shrubs. At last I fell asleep, as little dreaming ofdanger as if I were taking a nap, of asummer day, upon the banks of the Con-necticut River. I slept soundly for sometime; but at last I began to dream about agreat many str
. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . ed more than a dozenmiles. Finding myself weary, I turned offthe road, and seated myself on the bank ofthe river, beneath the shade of a large I sat for some time, listening to theincessant chatter of parrots and macawsover my head, and observing the humming-birds that were buzzing among the flower-ing shrubs. At last I fell asleep, as little dreaming ofdanger as if I were taking a nap, of asummer day, upon the banks of the Con-necticut River. I slept soundly for sometime; but at last I began to dream about agreat many strange things. I fancied that Iwas wandering in a distant land — that I DICK BOLDHERO. 23 finally came to a great cavern, which I en-tered— that T was weary and laid myselfdown to repose — that a horrid monster stoleupon me in my helpless condition, and wasabout to rend me in pieces. I dreamed thatI attempted to rise and escape, but that Icould not stir. Such at last was the horrorof my mind, that I screamed aloud, and atthe instant awoke from my What was my dismay to discover that mydream was almost a reality! At the distanceof about twenty feet I saw an enormous alli-gator, with his jaws already distended, readyto press me in his fangs. He was slowly 24 DICK BOLDHERO. Stealing upon me; but as I moved, he rushedforward, his enormous tail brandished in theair, and his claws spread, as if ready to grap-ple me. Quick as thought, I leaped fromthe ground, and at a single bound placedmyself behind the trunk of the tree beneathwhich I had been sleeping. The monsterperceived that he was foiled in his mainobject; but unluckily I had left my wallet,containing a loaf of bread and some coldmeat, upon the ground where I had creature picked this up in his mouth,and wheeling heavily round, marched downthe bank, and plunged into the water. Atfirst, I was quite satisfied to have escapedwith my life; but I soon began to lamentthe loss of my dinner. It was in vain,however, t
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