“Oh, oh, oh!” yelled Codfish, dancing around the room wildly. “Take that thing off! Oh, I’ll be bitten to death! Take it off, somebody! What is it, anyhow?”
“Hello! Codfish has been fishing,” cried Andy gaily.
“Maybe he got that from the cook’s pantry, too,” broke in Randy.
“What’s the dear creature’s name, Codfish?” questioned Fred.
“You haven’t got to let go of him if you don’t want to, you know,” came from Jack.
All this while the sneak of the school was dancing around the room, doing his best to shake off the snapping turtle. But the creature, though small, had a hold that was very tenacious, and refused to budge.
“Say, he won’t be seriously bitten, will he?” questioned Spouter, in a low tone.
“No, it’s only a baby snapping turtle,” answered Andy slowly. “Codfish is far more scared than hurt.”
The sneak of the school was so frightened that he did not dare to take hold of the snapping turtle. He held the creature out at arm’s length and continued to dance around, asking the others to take it off.
“He’ll eat my finger!”