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After a long silence the other boar said, "You know, I think we're taking all this too seriously. Those peels probably floated over here all by themselves, and you know how unreliable mice are. Besides, if there had been an invasion, _I_ would have seen it!" AFTER A LONG SILENCE THE OTHER BOAR SAID YOU KNOW I THINK WE'RE TAKING THIS TOO SERIOUSLY THOSE PEELS PROBABLY FLOATED OVER HERE ALL BY THEMSELVES YOU KNOW HOW UNRELIABLE MISS ARE BESIDES IF THERE HAD BEEN AN INVASION I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT
octor's." My father said "Yes" and hurried on. Quite by accident he found out later that he had been talking to a pair of tortoises. [Illustration] The second thing that happened was that he nearly walked right between two wild boars who were talking in low solemn whispers. When he first saw the dark shapes he thought they were boulders. Just in time he heard one of them say, "There are three signs of a recent invasion. First, fresh tangerine peels were found under the wahoo bush near the Ocean Rocks. Second, a mouse reported an extraordinary rock some distance from the Ocean Rocks which upon further investigation simply wasn't there. However, more fresh tangerine peels were found in the same spot, which is the third sign of invasion. Since tangerines do not grow on our island, somebody must have brought them across the Ocean Rocks from the other island, which may, or may not, have something to do with the appearance and/or disappearance of the extraordinary rock reported by the mouse.  BEG YOUR TAKING YOUR SICK GRANDMOTHER TO THE DOCTORS MY FATHER SAID YES AND HURRIED ON QUITE BY ACCIDENT HE FOUND OUT LATER ON THAT HE HAD BEEN TALKING TO A PAIR OF TORTOISES THE SECOND THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT HE NEARLY WALKED RIGHT BETWEEN TWO WILD BOARS WHO WERE TALKING IN LOW SOLEMN WHISPERS WHEN HE FIRST SAW THE DARK SHAPES HE THOUGHT THEY WERE BOULDERS JUST IN TIME HEAR ONE OF THEM SAY THERE ARE THREE SIGNS OF A RECENT INVASION FIRST FRESH TANGRINE PEELS WERE FOUND UNDER THE WAHU BUSH NEAR THE OCEAN ROCKS SECOND A MOUSE REPORTED ON EXTRAORDINARY ROCK SOME DISTANCE FROM THE OCEAN ROCKS WHICH UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION SIMPLY WASN'T THERE HOWEVER MORE FRESH TANGERINE PEELS WERE FOUND IN THE SAME SPOT WHICH IS THE THIRD SIGN OF INVASION SINCE TANGERINES DO NOT GROW ON OUR ISLAND SOMEBODY MUST HAVE BOUGHT THEM ACROSS THE OCEAN ROCKS FROM THE OTHERLAND WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE APPEARANCE IN OR DISAPPEARANCE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ROCK REPORTED BY THE MOUSE
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