`` Oh , if you 're trying to back out , of course I 've no more to say , '' said the young seal with an ugly chuckle . `` Will you come with me if I win ? '' said Kotick . And a green light came into his eye , for he was very angry at having to fight at all . `` Very good , '' said the young seal carelessly . `` If you win , I 'll come . '' He had no time to change his mind , for Kotick 's head was out and his teeth sunk in the blubber of the young seal 's neck . Then he threw himself back on his haunches and hauled his enemy down the beach , shook him , and knocked him over . Then Kotick roared to the seals : `` I 've done my best for you these five seasons past . I 've found you the island where you 'll be safe , but unless your heads are dragged off your silly necks you wo n't believe . I 'm going to teach you now . Look out for yourselves ! '' Limmershin told me that never in his life -- and Limmershin sees ten thousand big seals fighting every year -- never in all his little life did he see anything like Kotick 's charge into the nurseries . He flung himself at the biggest sea catch he could find , caught him by the throat , choked him and bumped him and banged him till he grunted for mercy , and then threw him aside and attacked the next . You see , Kotick had never fasted for four months as the big seals did every year , and his deep-sea swimming trips kept him in perfect condition , and , best of all , he had never fought before . His curly white mane stood up with rage , and his eyes flamed , and his big dog teeth glistened , and he was splendid to look at . Old Sea Catch , his father , saw him tearing past , hauling the grizzled old seals about as though they had been halibut , and upsetting the young bachelors in all directions ; and Sea Catch gave a roar and shouted : `` He may be a fool , but he is the best fighter on the beaches ! Do n't tackle your father , my son ! He 's with you ! '' Kotick roared in answer , and old Sea Catch waddled in with his mustache on end , blowing like a locomotive , while Matkah and the seal that was going to marry Kotick cowered down and admired their men-folk .
It was a gorgeous fight , XXXXX the two fought as long as there was a seal that dared lift up his head , and when there were none they paraded grandly up and down the beach side by side , bellowing .
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