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Those great caves which you see in the sides of the mountains are so many passages that lead into all the kitchens of the world. THOSE GREAT CAVES WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN ARE SO MANY PASSAGES THAT LEAD INTO ALL THE KITCHENS OF THE WORLD
 nothing. There was neither sun, nor moon, nor stars, yet everything was lit up with a strange light, which seemed to Tommy Smith like the red glow of the fire, though he couldn’t see the fire any more. It had gone with the kitchen. “Where am I?” he cried. “In the great underground store-cupboard of the rats,” said a voice close beside him; and, looking round, he saw the same rat who had come up into his bedroom, and taken him down to the kitchen, and shown him his clever tricks. Yes, he was the same rat,—but how different he looked! On his head was a yellow crown, which was either of gold, or _else_ it must have been cut out of a cheese-paring; and in his right fore-paw he held his sceptre, which looked _exactly_ like a delicate spring-onion. He had a necklace of the finest peas round his neck, from which a lovely green bean hung as a pendant upon his breast, and his tail was twisted into beautiful _rings_. “I am the king of the rats,” he said, “and all the other rats are my subjects. S ON EVERY SIDE HE LOOKED UP BUT HE COULD SEE NOTHING THERE WAS NEITHER SUN NOR MOON NOR STARS YET EVERYTHING WAS LIT UP WITH A STRANGE LIGHT WHICH SEEMED TO TOMMY SMITH LIKE THE RED GLOW OF A FIRE THOUGH HE COULDN'T SEE THE FIRE ANY MORE IT HAD GONE WITH THE KITCHEN WHERE AM I HE CRIED IN THE GREAT UNDERGROUND STORE CUPBOARD OF THE RATS SAID THE VOICE CLOSE BESIDE HIM AND LOOKING ROUND HE SAW THE SAME RAT WHO HAD COME UP TO HIS BEDROOM AND TAKEN HIM DOWN TO THE KITCHEN AND SHOWN HIM HIS CLEVER TRICKS YES HE WAS THE SAME RAT BUT HOW DIFFERENT HE LOOKED ON HIS HEAD WAS A YELLOW CROWN WHICH WAS EITHER OF GOLD OR ELSE IT MUST HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF A CHEESE PEARING AND IN HIS RIGHT FOREPAW HE HELD HIS SCEPTRE WHICH LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE A DELICATE SPRING ONION HE HAD A NECKLACE OF THE FINEST PEAS AROUND HIS NECK FROM WHICH A LOVELY GREEN BEAN HUNG AS A PENDANT UPON HIS BREAST AND HIS TAIL WAS TWISTED INTO BEAUTIFUL RINGS I AM THE KING OF THE RATS HE SAID AND ALL THE OTHER RATS ARE MY SUBJECTS
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