B4

Just at daybreak, I was awakened by a series of terrible screams from Bill. It's an awful thing to hear a strong, big, fat man scream like that. I jumped up to see what the matter was.

Red Chief was sitting on Bill's chest. He was pulling Bill's hair with one hand. In the other hand he had a knife. He was trying to take Bill's scalp!

 SIT

B5

I took the knife from the kid and made him lie down again. But, from that moment, Bill's spirit has broken. He never closed an eye again as long as that boy was with us. I slept a little but then I remembered that Red Chief wanted to cook me on the fire at the rising of the sun. I wasn't nervous or afraid, but I sat up and lit my pipe.

 BREAK

B6

«Why did you get up so early, Sam?» asked Bill.

 GET UP

B7

«Me?» I said. «Oh, I've got a kind of a pain in my shoulder. I thought sitting up would help.»

 HELP

B8

«You're a liar!» said Bill. «You're afraid.

You're afraid to be cooked on the fire! You're afraid he'll do it. And he will, if he can find a match. Isn't it awful, Sam? Do you think anybody will pay money to get the little devil back home?»

 COOK

B9

«It seems that no one is worried in Summit about the boy's disappearance.

 SEEM

B10

But maybe they haven't realized that he has been kidnapped.»

 KIDNAP