I'd gotten pretty
well along on the return journey when suddenly I heard somethin' snap,
and before I had time to even jump aside a big dead tree slams down,
knockin' me over an' catchin' my left leg under it.
"Waal, I saw stars fer a few minutes, but as soon as my head cleared off
a mite I tried to wriggle myself loose. But the tree couldn't seem to see
it that way. It had me good an' tight, and appar'ntly meant to enjoy my
company fer a spell. At first, though, I couldn't seem to understand that
I was really caught hard an' fast, an' it took a little time fer the idea
t' sink in. When it did filter through to me I pretty near went crazy, I
guess. I remember turnin' and twistin' until my leg felt like it was
goin' to break clean off, an' I almost wished it would. But after a while
I pulled myself together a little, an' tried to think o' some way out. As
soon as I lay still even fer a minute the cold began to gnaw through me,
and I knew I'd have t' do whatever I was goin' to do mighty quick, or I'd
freeze to death.
"An' that warn't the only danger, neither.
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