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"Let me see," said Tommy Smith. "You have no hands, and I don't think you could carry an egg in your tail. I think you must push it in front of you with your nose and paws." LET ME SEE SAID TOMMY SMITH YOU HAVE NO HANDS AND I DON'T THINK YOU COULD CARRY AN EGG IN YOUR TAIL I THINK YOU MUST PUSH IT IN FRONT OF YOU WITH YOUR NOSE AND PAWS
ill in a minute,” said the rat, and he drew up his tail, and began to feel about with the tip of it till he had got it right inside the mouth of the bottle. Then he let it down again until it was dipped more than an inch deep into the oil at the bottom—for the bottle was not quite half full. “Oh, how clever!” cried Tommy Smith, clapping his hands. “I should think so,” said the rat, as he drew out his tail, and then, putting the end of it to his mouth, he began to lick off the delicious oil. “You say that I have not a pair of hands,” he went on. “That is true, but you see I have a tail, and I make it do just as well.” “So you do,” said Tommy Smith; “and I see that you are a very clever animal indeed.” “We are clever in many other ways besides that,” said the rat. “Oil, you know, is not the only thing which we care about. We like eggs for breakfast, just as much as you do, and when we find any, we take them to our holes, even if they are a long way off. Now, how do you think we do that?” E BOTTLE OH I SEE CRIED TOMMY SMITH YOU WILL SEE IN A MINUTE SAID THE RAT AND HE DREW UP HIS TAIL AND BEGAN TO FEEL ABOUT WITH THE TIP OF IT TILL HE HAD GOT IT RIGHT INSIDE THE MOUTH OF THE BOTTLE THEN HE LET IT DOWN AGAIN UNTIL IT WAS DIPPED MORE THAN AN INCH DEEP INTO THE BOIL AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE BOTTLE WAS NOT QUITE HALF FULL OH HOW CLEVER CRIED TOMMY SMITH CLAPPING HIS HANDS I SHOULD THINK SO SAID THE RAT AS HE DREW OUT HIS TAIL AGAIN AND THEN PUTTING THE END OF IT TO HIS MOUTH HE BEGAN TO LICK OFF THE DELICIOUS OIL YOU SAY THAT I HAVE NOT A PAIR OF HANDS HE WENT ON THAT IS TRUE BUT YOU SEE I HAVE A TAIL AND I MAKE IT DO JUST AS WELL SO YOU DO SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I SEE THAT YOU ARE A VERY CLEVER ANIMAL INDEED WE ARE CLEVER IN MANY OTHER WAYS BESIDES THAT SAID THE RAT OIL YOU KNOW IS NOT THE ONLY THING WHICH WE CARE ABOUT WE LIKE EGGS FOR BREAKFAST JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO AND WHEN WE FIND ANY WE TAKE THEM TO OUR HOLES EVEN IF THEY ARE A LONG WAY OFF NOW HOW DO YOU THINK WE DO THAT
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