this was useless, he drove the keen edge of his axe in right at the edge of the hole which was Bobby's doorway. Farmer Brown joined with his axe, and in a few minutes they had slit out a long strip which reached clear to where Bobby was crouching and let the light pour in, so that he had to blink and for a minute or two had hard work to see at all.
Right away Bowser discovered him, and growling savagely, tried to get at him. But the opening wasn't wide enough for Bowser to get more than his nose in, and this Bobby promptly seized in his sharp teeth.
"Yow-w-w! Oh-o-o! Let go! Let go!" yelled Bowser.
"Gr-r-r-r-r!" growled Bobby, and tried to sink his teeth deeper. Bowser veiled and howled and shook his head and pulled as hard as ever he ⟨could,⟩ so
