"You're in no danger of falling, are you?" called Jack, in an alarmed
voice.

"No--er--that is, I don't think so. But this is an extraordinary
position. Most--er--undignified. I'm glad my sister can't see me."

"Try throwing some of the rocks out of your satchel at him," suggested
Dick.

But the professor waxed indignant at this proposal.

"And cast my pearls before swine! or rather my specimens before a
bull!" exclaimed the professor, in helpless indignation. "No, young
gentlemen, not a pebble from this bag is wasted on that creature."

"I'd drop the whole bag on him," said Dick, "if I was in that
position. It's heavy enough to knock out an elephant, let alone a
bull."

"Can't you suggest anything?" wailed the professor.

"I'm trying to think of something right now," declared Jack, racking
his brains for some way out of the predicament.

"I wish the farmer that owned him would come along and get his old
bull out of there," said Dick.

"Yes, and then there would be fresh complications," declared Jack.

"How do you make that out?" came from Dick.