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oF, , “Ah ! Ah ! What are you doing ? ’ cried the ostrich in pain. “ Oh, My neck |, , # J A” p 4, He pulled his neck very hard. He understood the evil intention of the alli., gator. He pulled and pulled, but the alligator did not leave him. The big birg F, , dragged the alligator with all his strength. His short neck stretched and became long., , He said to the alligator cleverly, “ Oh dear friend ! Why don’t you open, your mouth ? I have already taken out the bone.”, , “ Don’t think me a fool,” said the alligator. “ | won’t open my mouth. I will, eat you up. Ha! Ha! Ha! ”, , He laughed and, lo, his mouth opened !, , Then and there the ostrich freed his head from the alligator’s jaws and, began to run fast in fear., , He left the river and the sea behind., , He left the fields and the forests behind., , He was afraid of rivers and ponds., , He was afraid of lakes and seas., , He suspected the presence of alligators in water., , So he ran and ran and came to the desert at last.