Front matter
J. Alexander translation
“A wild chase was going on in the depths, and where it passed the rushes bowed their sheaves.”
GRIM: THE STORY OF A PIKE
Translated from the Danish of
Svend Fleuron
by J. Muir and J. Alexander
Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
New York MCMXXI
Alfred A. Knopf
COPYRIGHT, 1919
By SVEND FLEURON
COPYRIGHT, 1921
By ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
Original Title: Grim
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To devour others and to avoid being devoured oneself,
that is life’s end and aim.
CONTENTS
I: LIFE
II: IN THE SHELTER OF THE CREEK
III: GRIM GOES EXPLORING
IV: THE MARAUDERS
V: THE PEARLY FISH
VI: THE MAN-ROACH
VII: THE RASPER
VIII: THE ANGLER’S END
IX: THE WEDDING FESTIVAL
X: IN THE MARSH
XI: TERROR
XII: GRIM DEVELOPS
XIII: A FIGHT WITH AN OTTER
XIV: THE ANGLER FROM TOWN
XV: LUCK
ILLUSTRATIONS
A wild chase was going on in the depths, and where it passed the rushes bowed their sheaves.
With a hiss it curves its neck and turns the foil upwards, snapping and biting at its tormentors.
She snaps eagerly at the nearest “worm,” but it escapes her by adroitly curling up.
The bird darts upon her from behind with outstretched claws, and drives them with full force into her back.