Holding one of the nails in his right hand, he showed me the right angle.
The ends of the nails will enter the hole about halfway between the top and the piece of tin,” he continued.
Leave an opening between the sharp points big enough for a coon to get his paw through.
He asked me if I understood. Again I nodded my head and moved a little closer to him.
How is that going to catch a coon, Grandpa?I asked.It’ll catch him all right,he said,and it won’t fail.
You see a coon is a curious little animal. Anything that is bright and shiny attracts him.
He will reach in and pick it up. When his paw closes on the bright object it balls up,
and when he starts to pull it from the hole, the sharp ends of the nails will gouge into his paw and he’s caught.”
He looked over at me. “Well, what do you think of it?” he asked.
I closed my eyes and in my mind I could see the funnel-like entrance of the hole, and the sharp slanting points of the nails.
I could see the coon reaching in for the shiny piece of metal.
Naturally his paw would be much larger when closed than it was when he reached in.
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