ten minutes to twelve
Pretty near all Claybury was round that sty next morning looking at the broken fence . Some of them looked for the tiger 's footmarks , but it was dry weather and they could n't see any . Nobody knew whose turn it would be next , and the most sensible man there , Sam Jones , went straight off ` ome and killed his pig afore ' e went to work . `` Nobody knew what to do ; Farmer Hall said as it was a soldier 's job , and ' e drove over to Wickham to tell the police so , but nothing came of it , and that night at ten minutes to twelve Bill Chambers 's pig went . It was one o ' the biggest pigs ever raised in Claybury , but the tiger got it off as easy as possible . Bill ` ad the bravery to look out of the winder when ' e ` eard the pig squeal , but there was such a awful snarling noise that ' e dares n't move ` and or foot . `` Dicky Weed 's idea was for people with pigs and such-like to keep 'em in the house of a night , but Peter Gubbins and Bill Chambers both pointed out that the tiger could break a back door with one blow of ` is paw , and that if ' e got inside he might take something else instead o ' pig .