"You've plugged him right in the eyes three times and once in the heart.

Had he been a real bear, he'd be as dead as a salt mackerel now." "Provided he had consented to stand still," answered Dave.

"Shooting at a stationary object is one thing, and at a moving, living creature quite another." "I have it!" cried Phil.

"Let us get a rope and throw it over one of the tree limbs.

Then we can tie the door to it and swing it to and fro.
We'll try to hit the bear while he's swinging." "That's the talk!" returned Dave, enthusiastically.