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"I just make my tunnels, and my trenches, and my corridors, and then when the rain comes it runs off into them, and doesn't lie on the ground so long as it would if they were not there." "Oh, but if the water runs into your tunnels," said Tommy Smith, "how is it that you are not drowned?" I JUST MAKE MY TUNNELS AND MY TRENCHES AND MY CORRIDORS AND THEN WHEN THE RAIN COMES IT RUNS OFF INTO THEM AND DOESN'T LIE ON THE GROUND SO LONG AS IT WOULD IF THEY WERE NOT THERE OH BUT IF THE WATER RUNS INTO YOUR TUNNELS SAID TOMMY SMITH HOW IS IT THAT YOU ARE NOT DROWNED
y too?” said Tommy Smith. “Why, that is just as if you were a person.” “Of course I have a nursery,” said the mole. “What should I do with my children if I had not? I could not have them always in the fortress, or playing about in the corridors. They would be quite out of place there, and very much in the way. So I have a nursery for them, and they lie there upon a nice warm bed, which I make myself, of young grass and other soft things.” “Oh, then I suppose that you are the mother mole,” said Tommy Smith. “Yes, I am,” said the mole; “and you should call me Mrs. Mole, and not Mr. as you have been doing; and as for my being like a person, why, I am one, of course, and an important person too, _I_ think. Why, do you know that I drain the land?” “Do you really, Mrs. Mole?” said Tommy Smith; “but is not that very difficult?” “You would find it so, I daresay,” answered the mole, “but to me it is quite easy.” “How do you do it?” asked Tommy Smith. “Why, by digging to be sure,” the mole said. HE MOLE OR MY BEDROOM OR MY NURSERY EITHER WHAT YOU HAVE A NURSERY TOO SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY THAT IS JUST AS IF YOU WERE A PERSON OF COURSE I'VE A NURSERY SAID THE MOLE WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY CHILDREN IF I HAD NOT I COULD NOT HAVE THEM ALWAYS IN THE FORTRESS OR PLAYING ABOUT IN THE CORRIDORS THEY WOULD BE QUITE OUT OF PLACE THERE AND VERY MUCH IN THE WAY SO I HAVE A NURSERY FOR THEM AND THEY LIE THERE UPON A NICE WARM BED WHICH I MAKE MYSELF OF YOUNG GRASS AND OTHER SOFT THINGS OH THEN I SUPPOSE THAT YOU ARE THE MOTHER MOLE SAID TOMMY SMITH YES I AM SAID THE MOLE AND YOU SHOULD CALL ME MISSUS MOLE AND NOT MISTER AS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING AND AS FOR MY BEING LIKE A PERSON WHY I AM ONE OF COURSE AND AN IMPORTANT PERSON TOO I THINK WHY DO YOU KNOW THAT I DRAIN THE LAND DO YOU REALLY MISSUS MOLE SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT IS NOT THAT VERY DIFFICULT YOU WOULD FIND IT SO I DARE SAY ANSWERED THE MOLE BUT TO ME IT IS QUITE EASY HOW DO YOU DO IT ASKED TOMMY SMITH WHY BY DIGGING TO BE SURE THE MOLE SAID
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