A Fortnight Later

I examined its mouth. There is no danger yet; it has only one tooth. It

has no tail yet. It makes more noise now than it ever did before—and

mainly at night. I have moved out. But I shall go over, mornings, to

breakfast, and to see if it has more teeth. If it gets a mouthful of

teeth, it will be time for it to go, tail or no tail, for a bear does

not need a tail in order to be dangerous.

Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms. · 第 31 / 35 题