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"Dear me," said the mother mole, "you cannot swim, or dig, or drain the ground, and I am so much smaller and can do all three, besides a great many other things. But then _I_ am a mole." "I didn't say that I couldn't dig," Tommy Smith said. "I can, a little, only _I_ do it with a spade. I mean a real spade," he added. "Of course, I can't do it with my hands." "What stupid hands!" said the mole. "Why, what _can_ they be good for? DEAR ME SAID THE MOTHER MOLE YOU CANNOT SWIM OR DIG OR DRAIN THE GROUND AND I AM SO MUCH SMALLER AND CAN DO ALL THREE BESIDES A GREAT MANY OTHER THINGS BUT THEN I AM A MOLE I DIDN'T SAY I COULDN'T DIG TOMMY SMITH SAID I CAN A LITTLE ONLY I DO IT WITH A SPADE I MEAN A REAL SPADE HE ADDED OF COURSE I CAN'T DO WITH MY HANDS WHAT STUPID HANDS SAID THE MOLE WHY WHAT CAN THEY BE GOOD FOR
s, I am a very good swimmer. Just take me up again and put me into that little pond there, and I will show you,”—for there was a pond not far off where some ducks and geese were swimming about. “Drive those rude things away first,” said the mother mole, as Tommy Smith stood with her in his hand, at the edge of the pond, just ready to drop her in. “If they see me, they will be sure to make some rude remark, and, indeed, there is no saying what liberties they might take.” So Tommy Smith drove away the ducks and geese, and then dropped the mother mole into the water, and,—would you believe it?—she swam almost as well as if she had been a duck or a goose herself, moving all her four little feet at a great rate, and going along very quickly. She _did_ look so funny. She went across the pond, and then turned round and came back again, and, as she scuttled out on to the bank, she said, “So now you see that a mole can swim. Can _you_?” “No,” answered Tommy Smith; for he had not learnt to, yet. NG ENOUGH FOR THAT SAID THE MOLE AND BESIDES I AM A VERY GOOD SWIMMER JUST TAKE ME UP AGAIN AND PUT ME INTO THAT LITTLE POND THERE AND I WILL SHOW YOU FOR THERE WAS A POND NOT FAR OFF WHERE SOME DUCKS AND GEESE WERE SWIMMING ABOUT DRIVE THOSE RUDE THINGS AWAY FIRST SAID THE MOTHER MOLE AS TOMMY SMITH STOOD WITH HER IN HIS HAND AT THE EDGE OF THE POND JUST READY TO DROP HER IN IF THEY SEE ME THEY WILL BE SURE TO MAKE SOME RUDE REMARK AND INDEED THERE IS NO SAYING WHAT LIBERTIES THEY MIGHT TAKE SO TOMMY SMITH DROVE AWAY THE DUCKS AND THE GEESE AND THEN DROPPED THE MOTHER MOLE INTO THE WATER AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT SHE SWAM ALMOST AS WELL AS SHE HAD BEEN A DUCK OR A GOOSE HERSELF MOVING ALL HER FOUR LITTLE FEET AT A GREAT RATE AND GOING ALONG VERY QUICKLY SHE DID LOOK SO FUNNY SHE WENT ACROSS THE POND AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND CAME BACK AGAIN AND AS SHE SCUTTLED OUT ON TO THE BANK SHE SAID SO NOW YOU SEE THAT A MOLE CAN SWIM CAN YOU NO ANSWERED THOMAS SMITH FOR HE HAD NOT LEARNED TO YET
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