Matsuo put the bottle to his own lips.

Remembering his own thirst, Matsuo took out his water bottle.

Early that day Matsuo saw a marine.

The enemy came looming around a bend in the trail and Matsuo took a hasty shot, then fled without knowing the result, ran until breath was a pain in his chest and his legs were rubbery.

`` Come out, come out in the meadow '', Matsuo said under his breath.

Matsuo lifted his rifle, easing the sling under his left upper arm for steadiness.

Matsuo had faked death and was pitched on a stack of corpses, both the burned and the unburned, the latter decomposing rapidly under the tropical sun.

Humiliation made Matsuo tremble.

Taking aim at the man's face, Matsuo squeezed the trigger up to the point of discharge, and then he changed his mind.

Like a mischievous boy expecting punishment, Matsuo awaited reaction from the jungle.

Matsuo puzzled and grew anxious over the complete passiveness, concluding that he was the butt of a devilish joke.

When he got closer to the tree, Matsuo noted the wild look on his face.

The bobbing head was a poor target, so Matsuo shot him in the upper trunk.

In the hush that followed the echoes, Matsuo was tense.

Matsuo jumped when the hidden arm flopped out.

Maintaining his clutch on the hair, Matsuo watched the closed eyes while rummaging in the jacket pockets.

Matsuo shook his head.

When he rolled on the left side, propping on his left elbow, Matsuo seized his hair and pulled him back over.

Awkwardly with one hand Matsuo got the cap back on the water bottle.

Matsuo took the small knife from its scabbard and laid it on the ground, out of the marine's reach and away from their shadows.

The sun was noon high and Matsuo perspired until his body was dripping.

Matsuo shook his head.

With a firm grip on the man's hair Matsuo applied the blade flat on a cheek.

Matsuo stood up.

Matsuo walked toward his tree, once glancing back.

Under Lincoln's leadership, the Union set up a naval blockade that shut down the South's normal trade, took control of the border slave states at the start of the war, gained control of communications with gunboats on the southern river systems, and tried repeatedly to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.

According to the book, for a quarter century prior to the destruction, Jeremiah repeatedly issued prophecies predicting God's forthcoming judgment ; advocating the Israelites to put down their idols and repent in hopes of turning away God's judgment and fulfilling their destiny as His chosen people.

While Scotty pins him down, Cheryl repeatedly beats Ash with a fireplace poker.

Elizabeth repeatedly turned down his requests for naval and military appointments.

Upon return to the campus, the ritual of the " shakedown " takes place ( dismounting and then repeatedly jumping up and down ), a necessary procedure after a unicycle ride of nearly twenty miles.

Bogart was gunned down on film repeatedly by Cagney and Edward G. Robinson, among others.

It is often difficult or impossible for skaters to climb out of the water back onto the ice due to the ice repeatedly breaking, the skater being weighed down by skates and thick winter clothing, or the skater becoming disoriented under water.

In 1926, Nurmi broke Wide's world record for the 3, 000 m in Berlin and then improved the record in Stockholm, despite Nils Eklöf repeatedly trying to slow his pace down in an effort to aid Wide.

Despite Roosevelt's continued decline and loss of over 50 pounds ( 20 kg ) of his original 220, Commander Rondon had been repeatedly slowing down the pace of the expedition in dedication to his commission's mapmaking and other geographical goals that demanded regular stops to fix the expedition's position by sun-based survey.

In 1988, an 18-year-old African elephant, Dunda, was subject to controversial training methods which, according to San Diego City Attorney John W. Witt, included " chaining her four feet, hauling her down to her knees and repeatedly smacking her on the top of the head, where the skull is thick, with ax handles and the wooden end of elephant hooks.

While stems may reach a maximum height of 3 – 4 m each growing season, it is typical to see much smaller plants in places where they sprout through cracks in the pavement or are repeatedly cut down.

A Nuke is an old denial-of-service attack against computer networks consisting of fragmented or otherwise invalid ICMP packets sent to the target, achieved by using a modified ping utility to repeatedly send this corrupt data, thus slowing down the affected computer until it comes to a complete stop.

He becomes comfortable on the Enterprise, repeatedly turning down offers of his own command, and he learns to cherish the company of his fellow officers.

Her requests were repeatedly rejected until she stepped down from office.

In Tartarus, Sisyphus would be forced to roll a large boulder up a mountainside which when he almost reached the crest, rolled away from Sisyphus and rolled back down repeatedly.

Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking, but his utter devotion to his father nonetheless never wavers.

Saxophonists tend to create vibrato by repeatedly moving their jaw up and down slightly.

Again, in 2001, she made the following statement: " As I have stated repeatedly, consistently and unequivocally since assuming the leadership of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party, I shall state once again for the record – independence is not an issue that we will address in our first term and probably not in our second term .... We believe that there are a number of areas that need addressing before Bermuda heads down this road.

In these instances a signal such as dropping a bell or a ball, the snapping of fingers, or opening and closing both hands repeatedly or making three clear and rhythmic grunts as a pre-defined signal to stop or otherwise slow down the scene.

In Rio Bravo, Chance is surrounded by allies-a deputy recovering from alcoholism ( Dude ), a young untried gunfighter ( Colorado ), an limping " crippled " old man ( Stumpy ), a Mexican innkeeper ( Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez ), his wife ( Estelita Rodriguez ), and an attractive young woman ( Feathers ) — and repeatedly turns down aid from anyone he doesn't think is capable of helping him, though in the final shootout they come to help him anyway.

The plan's continual setbacks – including an error that led to seizing a criminally insane Army prison convict ( Harrelson ) to be their " hero " who was " shot down behind enemy lines " – do not disturb the producer, who repeatedly claims " This is nothing " while comparing the situation to a past movie-making catastrophes he averted.

In a coppiced wood, young tree stems are repeatedly cut down to near ground level.

Bunny Mario can jump higher, jump repeatedly by holding down the jump button, and descend slowly using his ears ( Interestingly, this shows a similarity to the " Super Leaf " power-up in Super Mario Bros. 3 ).

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( AIADMK ) had continually threatened to withdraw from the coalition and national leaders repeatedly flew down from Delhi to Chennai to pacify the AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha.