Each with a tomahawk in his hand,

And each has a knife without a sheath

Fiercely stuck in his gleaming teeth.

Are the dragons awake? Are the dragons sleepers?

Will they meet and scatter these crafty creepers?

What ho! ... But John, who has sorely tried me,

Trots up and flattens his nose beside me;

Against the window he flattens it

And says he can see

As well as me,