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Oh no; there is never anything in _my_ coat! It is a saying in our family that a mole _may_ live in the dirt, but he is never _dirty_." "That seems very funny," said Tommy Smith. "But tell me some more about the fortress that you live in." OH NO THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING IN MY COAT IT IS A SAYING IN OUR FAMILY THAT A MOLE MAY LIVE IN THE DIRT BUT HE IS NEVER DIRTY THAT SEEMS VERY FUNNY SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT TELL ME SOME MORE ABOUT THE FORTRESS THAT YOU LIVE IN
h and polished, for I polish them myself, and never leave it to the servants.” “But how do you polish them?” said Tommy Smith. “Why, with my fur to be sure,” said the mole. “I prefer that to a piece of wash-leather.” (He laughed again as he said this, but Tommy Smith didn’t know what for.) “My fur, as you see, is smooth too. If you were to walk down one of my corridors, you would be surprised to find how hard and smooth the sides of it are. That is because I am always running up and down them, and rubbing them with my fur.” “But doesn’t that make you very dirty?” said Tommy Smith. “Surely the earth must get into your fur and stay there.” “It _never_ stays there,” said the mole with great pride. “I have a very strong muscle which runs all along my back just under the skin, and when I twitch that, every little piece of mould or earth that is in my fur flies out of it again. There! now I have twitched it. Look at me and see how clean I am, although I have only just come out of the ground.  AND THE SIDES AND THE CEILINGS ARE ALWAYS QUITE SMOOTH AND POLISHED FOR I POLISH THEM MYSELF AND NEVER LEAVE IT TO THE SERVANTS BUT HOW DO YOU POLISH THEM SAID TOMMY SMITH WHY WITH MY FUR TO BE SURE SAID THEM ALL I PREFER THAT TO A PIECE OF WASH LEATHER HE LAUGHED AGAIN AS HE SAID THIS BUT TOMMY SMITH DIDN'T KNOW WHAT FOR MY FUR AS YOU SEE IS SMOOTH IF YOU WERE TO WALK DOWN ONE OF MY CORRIDORS YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND HOW HARD AND SMOOTH THE SIDES OF IT ARE THAT IS BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THEM AND RUBBING THEM WITH MY FUR BUT DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU VERY DIRTY SAID TOMMY SMITH SURELY THE EARTH MUST GET INTO YOUR FUR AND STAY THERE IT NEVER STAYS THERE SAID THE MOLE WITH GREAT PRIDE I HAVE A VERY STRONG MUSCLE WHICH RUNS ALL ALONG MY BACK JUST UNDER THE SKIN AND WHEN I TWITCH THAT EVERY LITTLE PIECE OF MOULD OR EARTH THAT IS IN MY FUR FLIES OUT OF IT AGAIN THERE NOW I HAVE TWITCHED IT LOOK AT ME AND SEE HOW CLEAN I AM ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONLY JUST COME OUT OF THE GROUND
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