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Not of the fireplace. Of course not, for they would have been burnt. Nor of the kitchen either. There was no kitchen now. NOT THE FIREPLACE COURSE NOT FOR THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BURNT NOR THE KITCHEN EITHER THERE WAS NO KITCHEN NOW
Tommy Smith felt certain that the rat was wrong, and that the egg had not been stolen. Still, he thought he had better not ask the hen; and, whilst he was considering what he should say, the rat went on with—“There are other things we rats do which are quite as clever as what you have just seen. But, perhaps, if I were to show them you, you would make some other rude remark about stealing.” “Perhaps I should,” Tommy Smith answered; “and, besides, I feel very sleepy, and should like to go upstairs to bed again.” As he said this, he yawned, and looked straight into the fire; but, dear me, what _was_ happening there? The coals in it seemed to be getting larger and larger, till they looked like the sides of great red mountains, and the spaces between them were like great caves, so deep that Tommy Smith could not see to the bottom of them. In and out of these caves, and all down the sides of the red mountains, hundreds of rats were running, and they all met each other in the centre of—what? FEEL SURE SHE WOULD AGREE WITH ME TOMMY SMITH FELT CERTAIN THAT THE RAT WAS WRONG AND THAT THE EGG HAD NOT BEEN STOLEN STILL HE THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER NOT ASK THE HEN AND WHILST HE WAS CONSIDERING WHAT HE SHOULD SAY THE RAT WENT ON WITH THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE RATS DO WHICH ARE QUITE AS CLEVER AS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SEEN BUT PERHAPS IF I WERE TO SHOW THEM TO YOU YOU WOULD MAKE SOME OTHER RUDE REMARK ABOUT STEALING PERHAPS I SHOULD TOMMY SMITH ANSWERED AND BESIDES I FEEL VERY SLEEPY AND SHOULD LIKE TO GO UPSTAIRS TO BED AGAIN AS HE SAID THIS HE YAWNED AND HE LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO THE FIRE BUT DEAR ME WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE THE COALS IN IT SEEMED TO BE GETTING LARGER AND LARGER TILL THEY LOOKED LIKE THE SIDES OF GREAT RED MOUNTAINS AND THE SPACES BETWEEN THEM WERE LIKE GREAT CAVES SO DEEP THAT TOMMY SMITH COULD NOT SEE TO THE BOTTOM OF THEM IN AND OUT OF THESE CAVES AND ALL DOWN THE SIDES OF THE RED MOUNTAIN HUNDREDS OF RATS WERE RUNNING AND THEY ALL MET EACH OTHER IN THE CENTER OF WHAT
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