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 alligator pushed his head out of the water and the man crept back. "He can't be there," said the man to his companions. "The alligators here must have eaten him."

Benjamin and the dog rested all day on the island. The little boy ate the sweet berries that grew there, drank from a well, and at evening the alligator carried them back again to the bank and bade them a friendly farewell.

Today traveling was more difficult than it had been yesterday, for Benjamin's feet were blistered, he groaned and complained at

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