night, however, he came home late and found that the animal had escaped from the closet where he had kept it and was in the sailor's bedroom. furthermore, the animal had a razor in its hand (it had apparently often watched the sailor shave). in fright, the sailor reached for his whip to drive the animal back into the closet, but it sprang through the open door and disappeared down a street. the sailor followed and watched it climb up the lightning rod to a lighted window, swing through the shutters and into an open bedroom. the sailor, accustomed to climbing ropes, climbed up, and since he could not swing, 