Put your finger in, and _break the artery clear in two_".
"O Sam, then you'll bleed to death," said Tom.
"No I won't.

Do as I tell you." "Let me cut it, then.

It wont hurt you so much." "No, no, no," cried Sam, staying his hand.

"Don't cut it.

Tear it, I tell you, and be quick." Tom tore it, and the blood stopped almost immediately.