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You see, everything else about me is ugly, but when I had a beautiful tusk I didn't worry so much about the rest. Now that my tusk is ugly too, I can't sleep nights just thinking about how completely ugly I am, and I weep all the time. YOU SEE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT ME IS UGLY BUT WHEN I HAD A BEAUTIFUL TUSK I DIDN'T WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT THE REST NOW THOUGH MY TUSK IS UGLY TOO I CAN'T SLEEP NIGHTS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW COMPLETELY UGLY I AM AND I WEEP ALL THE TIME
because he was hanging in the air right over the pool, but he said, "Oh, no, I'm so sorry. I didn't know that everybody had a private weeping pool." [Illustration] "Everybody doesn't!" said the angry voice, "but I do because I have such a big thing to weep about, and I drown everybody I find using my weeping pool." With that the animal tossed my father up and down over the water. "What--is it--that--you--weep about--so much?" asked my father, trying to get his breath, and he thought over all the things he had in his pack. "Oh, I have many things to weep about, but the biggest thing is the color of my tusk." My father squirmed every which way trying to see the tusk, but it was through the seat of his pants where he couldn't possibly see it. "When I was a young rhinoceros, my tusk was pearly white," said the animal (and then my father knew that he was hanging by the seat of his pants from a rhinoceros' tusk!), "but it has turned a nasty yellow-gray in my old age, and I find it very ugly.  SAID A DEEP ANGRY VOICE MY FATHER COULD NOT SEE WHO WAS TALKING BECAUSE HE WAS HANGING IN THE AIR RIGHT OVER THE POOL BUT HE SAID OH NO I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAD A PRIVATE WEEPING POOL EVERYBODY DOESN'T SAID THE ANGRY VOICE BUT I DO BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH A BIG THING TO WEEP ABOUT AND I DROWN EVERYBODY I FIND USING MY WEEPING POOL WITH THAT THE ANIMAL TOSSED MY FATHER UP AND DOWN OVER THE WATER WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WEEP ABOUT SO MUCH ASKED MY FATHER TRYING TO GET HIS BREATH AND HE THOUGHT OVER ALL THE THINGS HE HAD IN HIS PACK OH I HAVE MANY THINGS TO WEEP ABOUT BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS THE COLOR OF MY TUSK MY FATHER SQUIRMED EVERY WHICH WAY TRYING TO SEE THE TUSK BUT IT WAS THROUGH THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS WHERE HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY SEE IT WHEN I WAS A YOUNG RHINOCEROS MY TUSK WAS PEARLY WHITE SAID THE ANIMAL AND THEN MY FATHER KNEW HE WAS HANGING BY THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS FROM A RHINOCEROS'S TUSK BUT IT HAS TURNED A NASTY YELLOW GRAY IN MY OLD AGE AND I FIND IT VERY UGLY
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