| A | B |
|---|
| like a turtle in a shell | pulled my knees up to my chest and crossed my arms in front of my head |
| like some kind of big animal was inside him trying to get out | he started huffing and puffing with his eyes bucking out of his head |
| you little cur | unfriendly, unwanted |
| sounded like a horse that had been run too hard in the winter | he took two jumbo breaths |
| she believed everything he said | Todd's mouth was a prayer book |
| looking at a yellow pencil in his hand | like it was a thermometer |
| when the hand landed on his cheek | made a pop like a .22 rifle going off |
| he could hit | like a mule |
