Article1_S_The ground…
The ground looked black because it was covered with numerous black ants. These vigorous, strong and powerful ants, without paying any attention to the boy, were moving quickly towards the wounded buck which was struggling helplessly. The ants looked like brightly shinning black water running through the grass.
The ground was black with ants, great energetic ants that took no notice of him, but hurried and scurried towards the fighting shape, like glistening black water flowing through the grass.
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Article1_S_as he drew…
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Just as he took a breath, feeling pity for the buck and somehow afraid, the buck fell down and became silent; it probably had died.
… as he drew in his breath and pity and terror seized him, the beast fell and the screaming stopped.
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Article1_S_Now he…
Apart from the singing of a bird, what he could hear now was only the sound of the ants devouring the buck.
Now he could hear nothing but one bird singing, and the sound of the rustling whispering ants.
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It implies that the sound seemed very loud and significant.
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Article1_S_ He peered…
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He looked closely at the black twitching shape, which moved suddenly with the sudden movements of its nerves.
He peered over at the writhing blackness that jerked convulsively with the jerking nerves.
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Article2_S_its fighting…
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Though the buck’s heart might have stopped beating, its ans were still functioning and its nerves still jerking.
…its fighting was a mechanical protest of the nerves.
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