It was _exactly_
the right thing to do, though she did not know it. For she had got her
grip so high up on the mink's neck that he could not twist his head
around far enough to catch her by the throat. Deep down at the bottom
of the pool the two rolled over and over each other; and the mink was
most annoyed to find how strong the youngster was, and how set in her
ways. Moreover, he had been under water longer than she had, and was
beginning to feel he'd like a breath of fresh air. He gave a kick with
his powerful hind legs, and, as the Little Furry One had no objection,
up they came.
"Now, the other youngster had not been able, just at first, to make out
what was happening. He thought his sister had gone down to the bottom
for fun. But when he saw her coming up, locked in that deadly struggle
with their old enemy, his heart swelled with fury. He sprang clear out
into the deep water when the struggling pair reached the surface,
lashing and splashing, and the mink had only bare time to snatch a
single breath of air before he found another adversary on his back, and
was borne down inexorably to the bottom.
"Just about this time a perfectly new idea flashed across the mink's
mind, and it startled him.
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