WHAT'S THE MEANING OF "Ponto came with a bound."?
I read this sentence in McGuffey Readers.The full sentence is "Ponto came with a bound,and jumped into the pond.".I was wondering what the "bound" in this sentece means.

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WHAT'S THE MEANING OF  "Ponto came with a bound."?
I read this sentence in McGuffey Readers.The full sentence is "Ponto came with a bound,and jumped into the pond.".I was wondering what the "bound" in this sentece means.

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He ran to the pond with jumps or a final jump.  A bound is a running and jumping, in this case.