Upon realizing that these were crocodiles, everyone fled in panic, scrambling desperately up a vine until they climbed high enough to escape by the skin of their teeth.
Only Masao was left behind, trapped on a log surrounded by crocodiles, where he wailed helplessly.
Finally, under the onslaught of the crocodiles, the fragile log snapped and tumbled onto the grassy bank beside them.
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