Així és que ana cap a l'escarabat i comença de bell nou a atacar-lo cautelosament, saltant envers ell de cada punt d'un cercle, aturant les potes a una polsada de la bestiola, pegant-hi embranzides encara més proximes amb el dentat, i dant estrebades amb el cap, fins que les seves orelles tornaren a vibrar.
So he went to the beetle and began a wary attack on it again; jumping at it from every point of a circle, lighting with his fore-paws within an inch of the creature, making even closer snatches at it with his teeth, and jerking his head till his ears flapped again.