Beware the Dog : Roald Dahl [25 of 32]

• With two arms and one leg, he crawled over towards the window. He would reach forward as far as he could with his arms,
• then he would give a little jump and slide his left leg along after them. Each time he did, it jarred his wound so that he
• gave a soft grunt of pain, but he continued to crawl across the floor on two hands and one knee. When he got to the window he reached up,
• and one at a time he placed both hands on the sill. Slowly he raised himself up until he was standing on his left leg.
• Then quickly he pushed aside the curtains and looked out.
• He saw a small house with a gray tiled roof standing alone beside a narrow lane, and immediately behind it there was a plowed field.
• In front of the house there was an untidy garden, and there was a green hedge separating the garden from the lane.