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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: of his long strides, a prodigious leap, and he would be
upon the girl. I raised a revolver and fired. The bullet
struck him in the left hind leg. It couldn't have damaged
him much; but the report of the shot brought him
around, facing me.
I think the snarling visage of a huge, enraged, saber-
toothed tiger is one of the most terrible sights in the
world. Especially if he be snarling at you and there be
nothing between the two of you but bare sand.
Even as he faced me a little cry from the girl carried
my eyes beyond the brute to her face. Hers was fastened
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