Or, maybe he just read a lot of Rudyard Kipling stories as a kid ...” ... but bit it with my teeth instead because I was angry.”
Maybe he was hungry too? Hunger can also make a man quite angry.
Or, maybe he just read a lot of Rudyard Kipling stories as a kid ... Maybe just a little too graphic for a family site. Regardless, I hope it did not injure his rice paddy too much.