The Crocodile That Was Beaten by a Boy

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 249, 17 July 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)

The Crocodile That Was Beaten by a Boy

If anyone ought to have a gold medal it is the. brave African boy who saved his brother, a herdboy, from the jaws of death not long ago.

A farmer living near the Njelele River, near Louis Trichardt, sent his 14-year-old herdboy to the river to water his cattle. The boy did not notice that what looked like a log of wood half out of the water had a pair of wily little eyes watching him. Shouting' to the cattle, the boy walked into the water, when —Snap! A crocodile has seized him and begun to pull him toward the deep water, when his screams were heard by his brother, who ran to help.

Host people would have wanted to keep out of the way of the crocodile, but the black boy did not hesitate. He tried to release his brother, and, as it was impossible, he managed to stop up the crocodile’s nostrils. Unable to breathe, the reptile had to open its mouth, and the boy was saved.