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| 48 | 103 | I View more quotes about thought">thought it no match for the larger beast. |
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| 48 | 100 | They then began, each threatening and snarling, again and again, regarding one another, to traverse the perimeter of the circle in which I found myself the reluctant, trembling center. |
| 48 | 101 | I stood there, watching, moving as little as possible. |
| 48 | 102 | I could not understand why the smaller animal did not make away. |
| 48 | 103 | I thought it no match for the larger beast. |
| 48 | 104 | Then, sick, I thought I understood. |
| 48 | 105 | Even a small sleen, I knew, will defend its food dish in the face of a larger animal. |
| 48 | 106 | There are many animals, even animals commonly loyal, and friendly, between whom and their food it would be unwise, even dangerous, to place oneself. |