At the same time it swept him to one side, and the gander rushed on straight over the spot where he had been sitting.
"Young Grumpy picked himself up, startled and shaken.

The thing had been so unexpected.

He would have rather liked to run away.

But he was too angry and too obstinate.

He just sat up on his haunches again, intending to make another and more successful attack as soon as his head stopped buzzing.
"The gander, meanwhile, was surprised also.