The narrator said this to describe how they felt at this moment of the story. At this moment,
he is in a scary position. In the story, the narrator is near leopards and is scared. But, the
narrator also doesn't want to run back to their house because then Mada-Jan will be mad at
the narrator. In the text, it says ".And I want to run back tot he house, but I know Mada-jan
will be angry." This shows the reader that the narrator is stuck between conflicts. In the
previous paragraph. Nur says "They were this big!" and "It must be a very large leopard. So.
the narrator says that their "Heart Hammers" because the narrator is scared. frightened and
doesn't know what to do.
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