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You are _very_ much mistaken if you do. Why, they are only the hills that I throw up when I am making my tunnels and corridors. YOU ARE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN IF YOU DO WHY THEY ARE ONLY THE HILLS THAT I THROW UP WHEN I AM MAKING MY TUNNELS AND CORRIDORS
should have to break open the roof for you to see into it. Well, then, the principal part of my palace is called the keep, or fortress,—_I_ call it the fortress. It is very large, and the roof goes up into a beautiful, high dome. You know what a dome is, I suppose?” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith; for once he had been to London, and he remembered the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral. “I wish you could see how high and stately it is,” said the mole. “It goes right up into the bush ever so high.” “You mean ‘into the air,’ I think,” said Tommy Smith. “I mean what I say,” said the mole; “into the bush. That is why you can’t see it.” “Oh, but I can see it,” said Tommy Smith. “I can always find your fortresses, Mr. Mole. I see lots of them every time I go out walking. They are not hidden at all. Why, there they are all over the field, and you know you told me to look at them yourself.” The mole gave a little choky laugh. “Oh dear!” he cried, “and do you _really_ think that _those_ are my fortresses?  WHEN I HAVE DONE WITH IT AND AM GOING TO BUILD A NEW ONE FOR I SHOULD HAVE TO BREAK OPEN THE ROOF FOR YOU TO SEE INTO IT WELL THEN THE PRINCIPAL PART OF MY PALACE IS CALLED THE KEEP OR FORTRESS I CALL IT THE FORTRESS IT IS VERY LARGE AND THE ROOF GOES UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL HIGH DOME YOU KNOW WHAT A DOME IS I SUPPOSE OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH FOR ONCE HE HAD BEEN TO LONDON AND HE REMEMBERED THE DOME OF SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL I WISH YOU COULD SEE HOW HIGH AND STATELY IT IS SAID THE MOLE IT GOES RIGHT UP INTO THE BUSH EVER SO HIGH YOU MEAN INTO THE AIR I THINK SAID TOMMY SMITH I MEAN WHAT I SAY SAID THE MOLE INTO THE BUSH THAT IS WHY YOU CAN'T SEE IT OH BUT I CAN SEE IT SAID TOMMY SMITH I CAN ALWAYS FIND YOUR FORTRESS MISTER MOLE I SEE LOTS OF THEM EVERY TIME I GO OUT WALKING THEY ARE NOT HIDDEN AT ALL WHY THEY ARE THERE ALL OVER THE FIELD AND YOU KNOW YOU TOLD ME TO LOOK AT THEM YOURSELF THE MOLE GAVE A LITTLE CHOKY LAUGH OH DEAR HE CRIED AND DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THOSE ARE MY FORTRESSES
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