“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