"There," said he, "and there are a hundred more about.

While you cook that for Welch I will store them." Accordingly he returned to the wood with his net, and soon came back with five pods in it, each as big as a large pumpkin.
He chucked these one at a time across the river, and then went for more.
It took him all the afternoon to get all the pods across the river.

He was obliged to sit down and rest.
But a suggestion of Helen's soon set him to work again.
"You were kind enough to say you would store these for me.

Could you not store them so as to wall out those terrible beasts with them ?" "What terrible beasts ?" "That roar so all night, and don't eat us, only because they have not found out we are here yet.

But they will." "I deny their existence," said Hazel.