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"Oh, but I call those worms!" said Tommy Smith. "You may call them so if you like," said the mole, "but _I_ call them snakes. You should see the way I fight with them! How they writhe and twist about when I seize them between my sharp teeth. OH BUT I CALL THOSE WORMS SAID TOMMY SMITH YOU MAY CALL THEM SO IF YOU LIKE SAID THE MOLE BUT I CALL THEM SNAKES YOU SHOULD SEE THE WAY I FIGHT WITH THEM HOW THEY WRITHE AND TWIST ABOUT WHEN I SEIZE THEM BETWEEN MY SHARP TEETH
 food, and so they have different kinds of teeth to eat it with. Mine are nice and sharp, because they have to bite and kill whatever they catch hold of.” “But what is it that they have to bite and kill?” said Tommy Smith. “Ah, you would never guess,” answered the mole. “You must know that we moles are very brave animals, and we fight a great deal; sometimes with each other, but mostly with great serpents which live in the ground, although it really belongs to us.” “Serpents?” said Tommy Smith. “Why, do you mean snakes?” “Of course I do,” said the mole. [Illustration: “WE MOLES ARE VERY HEROIC”] “Snakes that live in the ground!” Tommy Smith cried. “Why, I don’t know of any that do. The grass-snake doesn’t, or the adder either. What are these snakes like, Mrs. Mole?” “They are smooth and slimy,” said the mole. “They have no head, or, if they have, it looks like another tail, and they are always crawling through the ground, which is ours, of course, and trying to break into our palaces.” T EITHER IT IS BECAUSE WE EAT DIFFERENT THINGS SAID THE MOLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS HAVE DIFFERENT FOOD AND SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TEETH TO EAT IT WITH MINE ARE NICE AND SHARP BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BITE AND KILL WHATEVER THEY CATCH HOLD OF BUT WHAT IS IT THAT THEY HAVE TO BITE AND KILL SAID TOMMY SMITH AH YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS ANSWERED THE MOLE YOU MUST KNOW THAT WE MOLES ARE VERY BRAVE ANIMALS AND WE FIGHT A GREAT DEAL SOMETIMES WITH EACH OTHER BUT MOSTLY WITH GREAT SERPENTS WHICH LIVE IN THE GROUND ALTHOUGH IT REALLY BELONGS TO US SERPENTS SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY DO YOU MEAN SNAKES OF COURSE I DO SAID THE MOLE SNAKES THAT LIVE IN THE GROUND TOMMY SMITH CRIED WHY I DON'T KNOW OF ANY THAT DO THE GRASSNAKE DOESN'T OR THE ADDER EITHER WHAT ARE THESE SNAKES LIKE MISSUS MOLE THEY ARE SMOOTH AND SLIMY SAID THE MOLE THEY HAVE NO HEAD OR IF THEY HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER TAIL AND THEY ARE ALWAYS CRAWLING THROUGH THE GROUND WHICH IS OURS OF COURSE AND TRYING TO BREAK INTO OUR PALACES
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