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A pause.
"The advantage he had was merely accidental," said Andoo. "These things
will happen at times."
"I can't understand why you let go," said the she-bear.
That matter had been discussed before, and settled. So Andoo, being a
bear of experience, remained silent for a space. Then he resumed upon a
different aspect of the matter. "He has a sort of claw--a long claw that
he seemed to have first on one paw and then on the other. Just one claw.
They're very odd things. The bright thing, too, they seemed to
have--like that glare that comes in the sky in daytime--only it jumps
about--it's really worth seeing. It's a thing with a root, too--like
grass when it is windy."
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Does it bite?" asked the she-bear. "If it bites it can't be a plant."
No----I don't know," said Andoo. "But it's curious, anyhow."
I wonder if they are good eating?" said the she-bear.
They look it," said Andoo, with appetite--for the cave bear, like the
polar bear, was an incurable carnivore--no roots or honey for him.
The two bears fell into a meditation for a space. Then Andoo resumed his
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