“Or set up a big beam to fall and crush him when he pushes a twig.”
“Or a spring gun; would the matchlock do?”
“Only then we want another gun when we go to find him. He might sham dead.”
“Wires are not strong enough.”
“No; the pit’s best,” said Bevis. “Yes; we’ll dig a pit and stick up a sharp spike in it, and put a trap-door at the top—just a slight frame, you know, to give way with his weight—”
“And strew it over with grass.”
“And put the hare to tempt him.”
“And shoot him in the pit!”
“Won’t he glare!”
“Roar!”