. Little Tom . reported thatjust behind them was a great giant at the head of a band of Black fighters, headingstraight for their town. Immediately, they gathered themselves together and, hidingall along the path, sent some black slaves toward Tom. They knew these slaves couldnot fight, but would start to run away from Tom and thus draw him on. 107 Already, before him, appeared the town and he was almost on the square infront of it, when the Red fighters came out of their ambush and threw themselves onthe rose-bug. He stopped. Tom struck around him into the red bodies which squirmedunder his b
. Little Tom . reported thatjust behind them was a great giant at the head of a band of Black fighters, headingstraight for their town. Immediately, they gathered themselves together and, hidingall along the path, sent some black slaves toward Tom. They knew these slaves couldnot fight, but would start to run away from Tom and thus draw him on. 107 Already, before him, appeared the town and he was almost on the square infront of it, when the Red fighters came out of their ambush and threw themselves onthe rose-bug. He stopped. Tom struck around him into the red bodies which squirmedunder his blows; but the clever fighters, protected by the bodies of their fallen com-rades, attacked him by biting his feet with their powerful jaws, until he slipped andfell to the ground. Before he could get up, they rendered him unconscious and ordered the slavesto drag him victoriously into the town. There they took away everything that he had,bit his clothes to pieces and left him unconscious in a dark dungeon. 108. LITTLE TOM IN CAPTIVITYAND FREEDOM. THE DEFEAT OF THE TRIES TO FIND LITTLE TOM. LITTLE TOM IN PRISON. THE BANQUET OF THE REDHEADS. LITTLE TOM BECOMES AN ARCHITECT. HIS WALKS TO THE SPOT DISCOVERS THE WHEREABOUTS OF LITTLE TOM SAVED BY THE WOOD-BUG. LITTLE TOM AND CHRYSOMELA. THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE WINTER-SLEEP. LITTLE TOM AND CHRYSOMELA SET OUT ON THEIR WAY TO THE ABODES OF MEN. The Red fighters returned to their nest in disorder and wery angry. They had lostthe battle. The Blacks, after chasing them away, stopped the pursuit and re-turned to their homes. Mirmex hurried along among the first to learn how things weregoing in the town. When he approached, the guards hurried out to meet him withgreat joy and told him how Tom had defeated the treacherous attack of the Reds andhow the town was untouched. Mirmex at once looked for Tom to thank him and was surprised that he did notcome to greet him. When he learned that Tom had gone in p
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