But Friday had not done with him by a great deal; when seeing him stand still, he called out to him again, as if he had supposed the bear could speak English, “What, you come no farther? pray you come farther;” so he left jumping and shaking the tree; and the bear, just as if he understood what he said, did come a little farther; then he began jumping again, and the bear stopped again.
Anzi per far coraggio all’orso dismise di saltare e di squassar l’albero. Come appunto se l’orso avesse intese le parole di Venerdì, tornava ad avanzarsi un pocolino, e Venerdì a saltare e squassar l’albero, e l’orso a fermarsi e ad esser perplesso.