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"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." 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
s very angry, and would not consent to for some time. “If I do,” he said at last, “you must promise me never to talk in that way again.” “Oh, I never will,” said Tommy Smith. “I quite forgot who I was talking to.” “Moleskin waistcoats, indeed!” 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.” T OF SIGHT OH MISTER MOLE HE CRIED TO COME BACK BUT THE MOLE WAS VERY ANGRY AND WOULD NOT CONSENT TO FOR SOME TIME IF I DO HE SAID AT LAST YOU MUST PROMISE ME NEVER TO TALK THAT WAY AGAIN OH I NEVER WILL SAID TOMMY SMITH I 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
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