They uttered an ill-natured growl, very much on the same
principle that anyone else would on being unnecessarily disturbed in the
midst of a nap. Perhaps the growl was equivalent to, "Children, you are
very rude. Make less noise, or I shall attend to you!" This reproof (if
reproof it was) did not seem in the least to frighten the young lions.
One of them, the one that roared the loudest, put his head close to that
of his sire, and if he said anything, it was in so low a whisper that it
could not be heard at any distance. From what immediately followed, one
might think the young chap said something in this fashion:
"Get up quickly! Come to the other end of the den, and there you will see
a sight that you never saw before in all your days. There is another
victim; but he has no more the appearance of common victims than thou
hast. I know by his eye he has no fear of the lions. Why, think! as soon
as he came to the bottom of the den, he walked to and fro among us as
deliberately as my brother here, or myself, would walk among our
companions.
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