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It must be the head;
Then, he jumped. But he was battered to and fro as a the head above the
rat is shaken by a dog—to and fro on the floor, up and hood. And, when I am
down, and around in great circles, but his eyes were red once there, I must
and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, not let go.
upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh
brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.

As he held he closed his jaws tighter and tighter, for he made sure he would be banged to death.
He was dizzy, aching, and felt shaken to pieces when something went off like a thunderclap just
behind him. A hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur. The big man had
been wakened by the noise, and had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind
the hood.

battered: injured by repeated
blows or punishment
singed: slightly burnt

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