At the ends of these thin legs were immense claws shaped like those of a lobster, and they were real "nippers" of a most dangerous sort.
The prisoners knew, as soon as they saw the awful claws, why the thing was called the "Yell-Maker," and Trot gave a little shiver and crept closer to Cap'n Bill.

Zog looked with approval upon the creature he had summoned and said to it, "I give you four victims, the four people with fish's tails.

Let me hear how loud they can yell." The Yell-Maker uttered a grunt of pleasure and in a flash stretched out one of its long legs toward the queen's nose, where its powerful claws came together with a loud noise.

Aquareine did not stir; she only smiled.

Both Zog and the creature that had attacked her seemed much surprised to find she was unhurt.