The bird struggled all the more frantically as
he approached, looking at him with hate in its
yellow eyes, and when he took hold of it to free
it, hissed at him, pecked him, and thrashed
dangerously with its wings which were
powerful enough to break his arm. nevertheless
he managed to release it from the thorns, and
carrying it tightly with one arm, holding the
snaky head well away with the other hand (for
he did not wish his eyes pecked out), he took it
to the verge of the canal and dropped it in.
the swan instantly assumed great dignity and
sailed out to the middle of the water, where it put
itself to rights with much dabbling and preening,
smoothing its feathers with little showers of drops.
mr. peters waited to make sure that it was all right
and had suffered no damage in its struggles.

what is the swan's external conflict? use evidence from the text to support your answer