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wouldn't want to meet a bear or a wildcat any more than myself."
"No bears around here," said the senator's son. "Might be a wildcat though, or a fox. I'm going to get a good stick."
Each student provided himself with a stout stick, and then the whole crowd moved forward in the direction of the cabin in the center of the island, never dreaming of the astonishing adventure in store for them.