If the Allies had used tanglefoot, the war would have been
over three years ago. And if they had spread it all along the banks of the
Marne, the Germans would never have gotten across, that's one sure thing.
CHAPTER X
I MAKE A PROMISE
Honestly, inside of five minutes that wild animal was a wreck. Every time
he tried to claw the paper from his head he howled, because it pulled his
hair and hurt him. I don't say I was glad to sit up there and watch him,
because there isn't much fun in seeing animals suffer. Maybe he wasn't
suffering, but anyway, he was half crazy. But how about me? Safety first.
Pretty soon he kind of half rolled and half staggered over against the
trunk of my tree and I knew he couldn't see at all. Then he lay there with
his back up against it trying to rub the sheet off his back, and all the
while he kept pawing his head and making it worse for himself. I guess
even if he had gotten the paper off, he'd still be blind, because the gum
would keep his eyes shut. By that time I knew I was safe, because he was
even more helpless than he would have been if I had shot him and not killed
him.
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