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There they all sat upright, side by side, waiting to be told what to do. Then the king of the rats waved his sceptre three times round his head, and called out, "Supper." THERE THEY ALL SAT UPRIGHT SIDE BY SIDE WAITING TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO THEN THE KING OF THE RATS WAVED HIS SCEPTRE THREE TIMES ROUND HIS HEAD AND CALLED OUT SUPPER
gold, or _else_ it must have been cut out of a cheese-paring; and in his right fore-paw he held his sceptre, which looked _exactly_ like a delicate spring-onion. He had a necklace of the finest peas round his neck, from which a lovely green bean hung as a pendant upon his breast, and his tail was twisted into beautiful _rings_. “I am the king of the rats,” he said, “and all the other rats are my subjects. Those great caves which you see in the sides of the mountains are so many passages that lead into all the kitchens of the world. Through them we bring all the good things that we find in the kitchens, and larders, and pantries, and then we feast on them here in our own palace; for a rat’s palace is his store-cupboard. See!” And with this the rat king struck his sceptre on the ground, and at once all the rats left off scampering about, and formed themselves into a great many long lines, which stretched from the mouths of all the caves right into the very middle of that wonderful place. LOW CROWN WHICH WAS EITHER OF GOLD OR ELSE IT MUST HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF A CHEESE PEARING AND IN HIS RIGHT FOREPAW HE HELD HIS SCEPTRE WHICH LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE A DELICATE SPRING ONION HE HAD A NECKLACE OF THE FINEST PEAS AROUND HIS NECK FROM WHICH A LOVELY GREEN BEAN HUNG AS A PENDANT UPON HIS BREAST AND HIS TAIL WAS TWISTED INTO BEAUTIFUL RINGS I AM THE KING OF THE RATS HE SAID AND ALL THE OTHER RATS ARE MY SUBJECTS THOSE GREAT CAVES WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN ARE SO MANY PASSAGES THAT LEAD INTO ALL THE KITCHENS OF THE WORLD THOUGH THEN WE BRING ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE FIND IN THE KITCHENS AND LARDERS AND PANTRIES AND THEN WE FEAST ON THEM HERE IN OUR OWN PALACE FOR A RAT'S PALACE IS HIS STORE CUPBOARD SEE AND WITH THIS THE RAT KING STRUCK HIS SCEPTRE ON THE GROUND AND ALL AT ONCE ALL THE RATS LEFT OFF SCAMPERING ABOUT AND FORMED THEMSELVES INTO A GREAT MANY LONG LINES WHICH STRETCHED FROM THE MOUTH OF ALL THE CAVES RIGHT INTO THE VERY MIDDLE OF THE WONDERFUL PLACE
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