Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 48 | 102 | I could not View more quotes about understand">understand why the smaller animal did not make away. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 48 | 99 | Any thought that I might have had of reaching the river or slipping back into the forest, eluding the beasts as they concerned themselves with one another, was gone. |
| 48 | 100 | They then began, each threatening and snarling, again and again, regarding one another, to traverse the perimeter of the circle in which I found myself the reluctant, trembling center. |
| 48 | 101 | I stood there, watching, moving as little as possible. |
| 48 | 102 | I could not understand why the smaller animal did not make away. |
| 48 | 103 | I thought it no match for the larger beast. |
| 48 | 104 | Then, sick, I thought I understood. |
| 48 | 105 | Even a small sleen, I knew, will defend its food dish in the face of a larger animal. |
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Any thought that I might have had of reaching the river or slipping back into the forest, eluding the beasts as they concerned themselves with one another, was gone.
They then began, each threatening and snarling, again and again, regarding one another, to traverse the perimeter of the circle in which I found myself the reluctant, trembling center.
I stood there, watching, moving as little as possible.
I could not understand why the smaller animal did not make away.
I thought it no match for the larger beast.
Then, sick, I thought I understood.
Even a small sleen, I knew, will defend its food dish in the face of a larger animal.
- (Smugglers of Gor)