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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. 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
think so!” said the mole; “and what an advantage it is to have small eyes.” “But can you see with them?” said Tommy Smith. “Oh no,” said the mole; “and what an advantage it is not to be able to see.” Tommy Smith did not understand this at all. “The rabbit can see,” he said, “and so can all the other animals.” “_They_ are obliged to,” answered the mole, “and so they have to put up with it; but a mole lives in the dark, and therefore 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. INGS OF THE RABBIT THEY ARE VERY SMALL SAID TOMMY SMITH I SHOULD THINK SO SAID THE MOLE AND WHAT AN ADVANTAGE IT IS TO HAVE SMALL EYES BUT CAN YOU SEE WITH THEM SAID TOM SMITH OH NO SAID THE MOLE AND WHAT AN ADVANTAGE IT IS NOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE TOMMY SMITH DID NOT UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL THE RABBIT CAN SEE HE SAID AND SO CAN ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS THEY ARE OBLIGED TO ANSWER THE MOLE AND SO THEY HAVE 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
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