He had to shake and shake the limb before he could dislodge the coon, but at last it let go, and the dogs had it before it fairly touched the ground.

We girls didn't wait to see what they did with it, but stuck our fingers in our ears and tore back to the wagons.

Rob made fun of Lloyd when she said she didn't see why they couldn't have coon hunts without coon killings, and that they ought to have made the dogs let go.

They had had the fun of catching it, and they ought to be satisfied with that.
"Joyce whispered to me that the hunt had had one desirable result.

It had limbered up the Pilgrim Father so thoroughly, that he couldn't be stiff and dignified again after his acrobatic feat.