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"Oh! but it cannot be so big as the house that I live in," said Tommy Smith. "Well," said the mole, "I should just like to know how long the longest corridor in your house is." Tommy Smith thought to himself a little. The house he lived in was not a very large one, for his father was not a _very_ rich man. OH BUT IT CANNOT BE SO BIG AS THE HOUSE THAT I LIVE IN SAID TOMMY SMITH WELL SAID THE MOLE I SHOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG THE LONGEST CORRIDOR IN YOUR HOUSE IS TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT TO HIMSELF A LITTLE THE HOUSE HE LIVED IN WAS NOT A VERY LARGE ONE FOR HIS FATHER WAS NOT A VERY RICH MAN
ndeed!” said the mole. “I think the people who wear them are very wicked people. They never think how many poor little moles must be killed only to make one. I hope _you_ have never worn a waistcoat like that?” “Oh no,” answered Tommy Smith, “I never have. Nobody has ever given me one.” “I hope you never will,” said the mole; “for if you do, you will be almost as wicked a man as a mole-catcher, and he is the wickedest person I know of.” “A mole-catcher!” cried Tommy Smith; “then are there men who catch moles?” “Oh yes, indeed there are,” said the mole. “There are men who do that and nothing else.” “How do they do it?” asked Tommy Smith. “They have traps,” answered the mole, “which they put in the passages and corridors of our great underground palaces.” “Your houses, I suppose, you mean,” said Tommy Smith. “I mean what I say,” said the mole. “You may live in a house, I daresay, but I think the place that I live in is quite large and fine enough to be called a palace, so I call it one.”  QUITE FORGOT WHO I WAS TALKING TO MOLESKIN WAISTCOATS INDEED SAID THE MOLE I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO WEAR THEM ARE VERY WICKED PEOPLE AND THEY NEVER THINK OF HOW MANY POOR LITTLE MOLES MUST HAVE BEEN KILLED ONLY TO MAKE ONE I HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE WORN A WAISTCOAT LIKE THAT OH NO ANSWERED TOMMY SMITH I NEVER HAVE NOBODY HAS EVER GIVEN ME ONE I HOPE YOU NEVER WILL SAID THE MOLE FOR IF YOU DO YOU'LL BE ALMOST AS WICKED A MAN AS A MOLE CATCHER AND HE IS THE WICKEDEST PERSON I KNOW OF A MOLE CATCHER CRIED TOMMY SMITH THEN ARE THERE MEN WHO CATCH MOLES OH YES INDEED THERE ARE SAID THE MOLE THERE ARE MEN WHO DO THAT AND NOTHING ELSE HOW DO THEY DO IT ASKED TOMMY SMITH THEY HAVE TRAPS ANSWERED THE MOLE WHICH THEY PUT IN THE PASSAGES AND CORRIDORS OF OUR GREAT UNDERGROUND PALACES YOUR HOUSES I SUPPOSE YOU MEAN SAID TOMMY SMITH I MEAN WHAT I SAY SAID THE MOLE YOU MAY LIVE IN A HOUSE I DARE SAY BUT I THINK THE PLACE THAT I LIVE IN IS QUITE LARGE AND FINE ENOUGH TO BE CALLED A PALACE SO I CALL IT ONE
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