At the moment of the shock, Big-Face screamed terribly.

I did not know what had happened, though I smelled tiger and caught a glimpse of striped fur as I sprang for a tree.
It was old Saber-Tooth.

Aroused in his lair by the noise we had made, he had crept upon us unnoticed.

The Swift One gained the next tree to mine, and I immediately joined her.

I put my arms around her and held her close to me while she whimpered and cried softly.