"Best kill the repulsive beast."

Gongs, water flutes, a kur- daitsy-that's a rather repulsive trained beast which squeals when its tail is pulled.

No one else could have done the stunt driving necessary to detach the repulsive beast from the van-and perhaps no one else, even having seen the creature, would have accepted Tommy's devil-doll story so unequivocally.

It was evident to Tarzan that they were praying to the lion, for every eye was upon the repulsive beast.

Its gray skin was ominously illuminated under the tiny glow of their penlights, a big repulsive beast staring at them from one black eye as large as the rim on a coffee cup, with a wide jaw showing triangular rows of serrated teeth like a snarling dog.

And Carter shook the paws of those repulsive beasts, thanking them for their help and sending his gratitude to the beast which once was Pickman; but could not help sighing with pleasure when they left.

That repulsive little beast is a meteor-mimic, an asteroidal species with a horribly uncanny ability to assume any desired bodily form.