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"Poor little mole," said Tommy Smith, for though the animal seemed to be quite happy itself, he couldn't help feeling very sorry for it. "But are you _quite_ blind?" POOR LITTLE MOLE SAID TOMMY SMITH FOR THOUGH THE ANIMAL SEEMED TO BE QUITE HAPPY ITSELF HE COULDN'T HELP FEELING VERY SORRY FOR IT BUT ARE YOU QUITE BLIND
efore it does not require to see.” “But what are eyes for, if they are not to see with?” Tommy Smith asked. He felt sure it was a sensible question, and it seemed to him that the mole was talking nonsense. “They are for not getting in the way when you make tunnels in the ground,” said the mole. “Mine never get in the way, so I know that they are the best eyes that anyone can have.” This was quite a new idea to Tommy Smith, and he tried to think what it would be like to live in the ground, and to have eyes that you couldn’t see with, and that didn’t get in the way. At last he said, “It seems to me, Mrs. Mole, that it would be much better if you had not any eyes at all.” “That is a strange idea, to be sure!” said the mole. “Not have eyes, indeed! That would be a fine thing.” “But if you can’t see with them,” said Tommy Smith. “What of that?” said the mole; “we have them, and so we are proud of them. It is a saying in our family that a mole _may_ be blind, but he has _eyes_ for all that.” E TO PUT UP WITH IT BUT A MOLE LIVES IN THE DARK AND THEREFORE DOES NOT REQUIRE TO SEE BUT WHAT ARE EYES FOR IF THEY ARE NOT TO SEE WITH TOMMY SMITH ASKED HE FELT SURE IT WAS A SENSIBLE QUESTION AND IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT THE MOLE WAS TALKING NONSENSE THEY ARE FOR NOT GETTING IN THE WAY WHEN YOU MAKE TUNNELS IN THE GROUND SAID THE MOLE MY NEVER GET IN THE WAY SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE BEST EYES THAT ANYONE COULD HAVE THIS WAS QUITE A NEW IDEA TO TOMMY SMITH AND HE TRIED TO THINK WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE IN THE GROUND AND HAVE EYES THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE WITH AND THAT DIDN'T GET IN THE WAY AT LAST HE SAID IT SEEMS TO ME MISSUS MOLE THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF YOU HAD NOT ANY EYES AT ALL THAT IS A STRANGE IDEA TO BE SURE SAID THE MOLE NOT HAVE EYES INDEED THAT WOULD BE A FINE THING BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEE WITH THEM SAID TOMMY SMITH WHAT OF THAT SAID THE MOLE WE HAVE THEM AND SO WE ARE PROUD OF THEM IT IS A SAYING IN OUR FAMILY THAT THE MOLE MAY BE BLIND BUT HE HAS EYES FOR ALL THAT
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